The San Diego City Attorney's Office has charged a 29-year-old man with knowingly exposing an ex-boyfriend to HIV, who is now testing positive
The San Diego City Attorney's Office has charged a 29-year-old man with knowingly exposing an ex-boyfriend to HIV, who is now testing positive. Thomas Guerra has also been accused of infecting 24 other men with HIV, reports Gawker.
Guerra's unnamed accuser said that he was messaged by a man on Facebook who told him of Guerra's HIV positive status.
The accuser also said that he discovered a number of text messages on Guerra's phone allegedly implicating him:
“Texts where he's stating he's negative to people then bragging to others about giving people his ‘positive load.' It's crude, it's…I don't know how someone could treat another individual like that.”
Guerra, who is also known as Ashton Chavez, currently faces a maximum of six months in prison and a $1,000 fine. However, his alleged victim is hopeful that additional text message records could prompt prosecutors to upgrade the case to a felony, punishable with up to eight years in prison.
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