Woman Whose Boyfriend Knowingly Infected Her With HIV Opens Up About Life 10 Years Later

When Diane Reeve began dating a network security analyst named Philippe Padieu, she fell head-over-heels for the charming Frenchman. “He made me feel like the only woman on the face of the earth,” Diane told “The Oprah Winfrey Show” back in 2009. Four years into their relationship, however, Diane felt things shift. Philippe became distant and frequently busy, and Diane began to suspect him of cheating. So, she did a little digging. “Because I was paying for his cell phone, I checked his voicemail messages,” Diane says. “There were not one, but two voicemail messages from two different women. And I knew.”  What Diane didn’t know was what was coming after her heartbreak. A few days after she broke things off with Philippe, Diane went to the doctor for a routine gynecological visit. Her pap smear came back abnormal. “She told me that I had some pre-cancerous cells and it was due to an STD,” Diane said. “I got a [another] test; two days later, my OB/GYN called me and said, ‘You’re HIV-positive.”  Diane was devastated. “My heart went to the floor. My knees buckled,” she said. Looking back through Philippe’s cell phone records, Diane discovered that he had been dating not two, but nine other women during their relationship. His medical records confirmed that he knew he was HIV-positive while having sex with countless unknowing women, including Diane. In 2007, Philip...
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