Guide Note
Nightclub promoter Elidor Kersaint was arrested by Miami-Dade police on June 4, 2007, for having sex with a woman without warning her he was HIV-positive. In October of 2007, Kersaint was released on $100,000 bond pending trial.
Fast Facts
- Age at time of arrest: 22
- Kersaint has been living with the disease his whole life
- Contracted HIV from his mother
- Faces a minimum five years in prison if convicted
- Police asked other women who have had relationships with Kersaint to come forward
- Kersaint's MySpace page featured pictures of him with celebrities and scantily-clad women
Quotes1
"He seemed like a quite sweet man. He used to have tables with lots and lots of girls."—Ashala, an acquaintance of Kersaint's
"It makes me angry that I was associated with a guy like that."—"Jane," an acquaintance of Kersaint's
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