Oct 10, 2007 8:40 am US/Eastern
Man Accused Of Knowingly Spreading HIV In Court
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MIAMI (CBS4) ―
A man accused of knowingly spreading HIV to women without telling them will be in court Wednesday.
22-year old Elidor Kersaint was released from jail last week on a $100-thousand bond. Miami Beach police continue to ask that women who had unprotected sex with Kersaint to come forward.
Colleagues of Kersaint say he has been living with HIV all his life; his mother passed it on to him. However, they say they didn't find out about his status until the days leading up to his arrest.
One 20-year-old woman has already told Miami Beach police she had contact with Kersaint.
According to his MySpace page, Elidor Kersaint paints himself as a pretty popular guy on the South Beach scene who might have promoted himself in clubs including Opium, Prive, and Mansion. Representatives from the Opium Group say Kersaint was not an employee, but he may have worked with any number of third party vendors.
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