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July 13, 2009

Dancer at Michigan Strip Club Sentenced for Not Disclosing HIV Status to Partner

A former exotic dancer at the Escape Reality strip club in Michigan entered a guilty plea July 10 to five charges and a no-contest plea to one count of engaging in a sex act without disclosing that she is HIV positive, the South Bend Tribune reports.

According to the article, case prosecutor Victor Fitz is recommending an 18-month cap on jail time for Melissa “Star” Goodman, 23, who is a mother of three. Goodman was a dancer at the club between February 11 and April 22 and had performed a sex act on a confidential informant without disclosing her HIV status.

Goodman also pleaded guilty to engaging in lewd and lascivious conduct and conspiring to deliver or manufacture methamphetamine, ecstasy and cocaine. Additional drug charges as well as two other counts of failing to disclose her HIV status to partners were dropped under the plea agreement.

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fred, , 2009-07-15 12:22:12
she gets 18 moths for having unprotected sex and not telling the guy she's poz....if it was a guy who was poz,he would have been given life.This just goes to show how unfair the cort system is.sometimes i think it would be better for us all if men and women were segregated from each other

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