Miami Beach police are asking women who had unprotected sex (intercourse and/or oral) with a popular club promoter come forward – 22-year old Elidor Kersaint is HIV positive and knowingly spread the disease to his sex partners.
According to the Miami Beach Police Department, one 20-year-old woman has already told Miami Beach police she has had sex with Kersaint on two occasions and he never told her he had HIV. Police fear there may be other women who had sex with him and are not aware that he was HIV positive. Miami Beach police are urging anyone who had a relationship with Kersaint to see a doctor and then contact police.
Elidor Kersaint is well-known on the South Beach party scene. On his MySpace page, there are dozens of pictures of him posing with celebrities, as well as countless pictures of him with half naked women. Kersaint gained his popularity by promoting events for popular and exclusive clubs such as Opium, Prive, and Mansion. Representatives from the Opium Group (which own all three aforementioned nightclubs) say Kersaint was not an employee, but rather, may have worked with any number of third party vendors. “I can unequivocally confirm that this individual is not an employee of the Opium Group,” said Opium Group representative Vanessa Menkes in a written statement to CBS4.
On October 3, 2007 a Florida news station spoke to some of his friends who stated that Kersaint 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 deceit with his sexual partners until the days leading up to his arrest.
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Kersaint was taken to jail earlier this summer for knowingly spreading the HIV virus to unsuspecting women; a federal offense. He faces a minimum of five years in prison if convicted.
