A prominent Houston reverend has been ordered to pay $2.45 million to a woman that a jury found he gave herpes to.
– A prominent Houston pastor has been ordered to pay $2.45 million to a woman that a jury found he gave herpes to.
After a three-day trial and six and a half hours of deliberation, the jury unanimously found Rev. Ralph D. West II liable and ordered a hefty judgment for the plaintiff.Murphy spoke for his client who a jury found contracted genital herpes from West after meeting her via Facebook. As seen on the“The things that we look at for cases like these are essentially four things. Is the defendant infected and how can we prove it? Did he know he was infected, do we have evidence of that?” said Murphy.
Not only does Murphy say they were able to prove those facts, but also that West lied when asked about having herpes and that he gave it to his client after they had unprotected sex in March 2018. “She got an outbreak two or three days later. Went and got tested and from there through the medical records able to identify that he was the source of it, in part because she hadn’t been with anybody else, she had a prior negative test,” Murphy said.“When she asks ‘where did this come from,’ his response was his son’s mother,” Murphy said.
Aside from the financial aspect, he said she hopes this spreads awareness that people can and should be held accountable for knowingly putting their partner at risk for STDs.
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