Wow, I just stumbled across this story while doing my morning check of the BallHype front page. Former Major Leaguer Roberto Alomar, who played with the Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles, Indians, Mets, White Sox, and Diamondbacks during his 16-year career, is being sued by an ex-girlfriend who claims that he had unprotected sex with her despite knowing that he had AIDS.
The story comes from today’s New York Daily News and provides lurid details of the lawsuit, which is for $15 million. It includes a bevy of specifics and a quote from Alomar’s lawyer that neither confirms nor denies the specific claims that Roberto Alomar has AIDS.
Here is an excerpt from the story and then the link so you can read it for yourself:
In 2004, Dall says she noticed cold sores in his mouth. In 2005, after a physical exam ordered by the Tampa Bay Rays, he was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia purpura, a blood disorder sometimes linked to HIV, she claims.
The doctor told him to have an HIV test and he refused, she says, stating he had been tested and was AIDS-free.
In April 2005, Alomar told Dall he was suffering from erectile dysfunction and confided “he was raped by two Mexican men after playing a ballgame in New Mexico or a Southwestern state when he was 17,” the suit says.
It goes on to say that around the same time Alomar developed a persistent cough and was bedridden with extreme fatigue.
He developed thrush, a yeast infection, and was told by a doctor to take an HIV test – but refused, Dall claims.
“I don’t have HIV,” he told her repeatedly, the suit charges.
A few months later, the couple moved to Cleveland, where Alomar supposedly tested positive. Dall claims that after she learned Alomar had AIDS, she tested negative and no longer had unprotected sex with him.
They broke up last October.
She is demanding at least $15 million in punitive damages, claiming Alomar caused her emotional distress and exposed her children to the virus.
LOTD: $15M Lawsuit claims ex-Met Roberto Alomar had sex knowing he had AIDS — (New York Daily News)
Also, the full complaint at The Smoking Gun (which I found via Deadspin)
And a few other links found since I posted yesterday’s LOTD:
More mustache madness: The world’s best ‘stache is going to Colorado — (Sharapova’s Thigh)
RIP Jeremy Lusk (1984-2009) — (Sparty and Friends)
Another mixed review of MLB Front Office Manager from 2K Sports — (Fantasy Baseball Dugout)
Top 5 Most Uncomfortable Sports Interviews — (First Cuts)
Amazing picture of Jose Canseco, who says he will save baseball — (Deadspin)
Dwyane Wade: Sex, drugs, and basketball — (Jose Lamiet’s Page 2 Live)
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