A Florida man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to at least two women he had sex with. Law enforcement began investigating Rasheem Ikey Bodiford, 27, in June 2017, after a woman said she tested positive for HIV and identified him as her last sexual …
A Texas man who admitted to purposefully infecting his girlfriend with HIV was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported that Karim “Tyson” Zakikhani, 34, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury for infecting then-girlfriend Sarita Anderson with the virus. The pair had started dating in 2013; Zakikhani was diagnosed …
Purposely exposing a sexual partner to HIV without disclosing a positive status is no longer a felony in California. The Los Angeles Times reported that Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday downgrading the crime to a misdemeanor. The bill also applies to people who give blood and fail to tell blood banks they’re HIV-positive. …
