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Gareth Thomas disclosed helium was HIV affirmative successful 2019
Former Wales rugby skipper Gareth Thomas has settled a ineligible quality with an ex-partner who accused him of "deceptively" transmitting HIV to him.
Ian Baum alleged Mr Thomas hid his HIV presumption and "failed to instrumentality tenable care" to guarantee helium did not walk it on.
The erstwhile British and Irish Lion said helium had settled the lawsuit for £75,000 positive costs, but it was not an admittance of liability oregon guilt.
Mr Baum's lawyers confirmed a colony had been agreed.
In tribunal papers filed past year, Mr Baum had claimed helium had a narration with Mr Thomas, known arsenic Alfie, betwixt 2013 and 2016 and that helium was HIV antagonistic erstwhile the narration began.
It was alleged that helium recovered retired Mr Thomas had HIV erstwhile helium saw a tablet marked GSK1.
"On Googling the GSK1 pill, the claimant discovered that the suspect was taking antiviral HIV medication," the documents said.
Mr Baum past "immediately" made an assignment for a HIV trial and the tribunal papers stated that erstwhile helium recovered retired helium was affirmative for the virus, helium was near "devastated".
Mr Baum's lawyers, McCue Jury & Partners, said the colony was reached based connected a non-admission of liability by Mr Thomas.
What is HIV?
- HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the immunodeficiency is the weakening of the immune strategy by the virus
- If untreated it tin pb to late-stage HIV oregon Aids, the sanction for a postulation of illnesses caused by the virus
- Medication helping those with HIV to unrecorded long, steadfast lives has been disposable for decades
- Modern medicine reduces the viral load to undetectable levels, meaning idiosyncratic can't walk connected HIV and their wellness is protected
- There were much than 106,000 radical surviving with HIV successful the UK successful 2020
Mr Thomas won 100 caps for Wales and 3 for the Lions during his playing days which saw him play for Bridgend, Cardiff, Toulouse and Cardiff Blues.
He ended his vocation with Welsh rugby league broadside Crusaders earlier retiring successful 2011.
Two years earlier, helium became the archetypal openly cheery nonrecreational rugby national subordinate erstwhile helium came out.
In 2019, helium revealed connected Twitter that helium had HIV, saying helium wanted to extremity the stigma astir it.
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