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German pop singer Nadja Benaissa who used to sing in No Angels has been arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, after having unprotected sex with three men and not telling them she had HIV
German popstar Nadja Benaissa could be facing ten years in jail for having unprotected sex without telling her partners she had HIV, German Bild reported.
Four days after her arrest in a Frankfurt night club, the ‘No Angels’ singer (26) is still in prison. And it doesn’t look good for Nadja if she is convicted - a man in Wu"rzburg who was found guilty of the same crime spent five and a half years locked up.
Despite the fact that her lawyer has openly condemned the arrest, he made no appeal for a custody complaint or review of her remand until yesterday.
The singer was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after she had unprotected sex with at least three men without telling them about the HIV infection which she knew she carried.
Nadja is yet to speak about these allegations, but BILD did speak to a man who claimed he had had sex with the popstar without using condom. At least one of the partners Benaissa is alleged to have slept with did contract the virus - which causes AIDS - and his medical certificate has been given to the authorities as evidence.
Public prosecutor Ger Neuber said: “An investigation to see whether the virus traces match up with Nadja’s is now under way.”
The youth minister for Bavaria, Christine Haderthauser, has said that she believes the arrest to be justified. “It was clearly done with intent. If you know you are infected with HIV and continue to have unprotected sexual intercourse it is a crime. Because we are dealing with a celebrity this time the repercussions are much bigger.”
