Attorney says NY man at center of 1990s HIV scare is not HIV-positive; seeks client's release
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The attorney for a New York man imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s says his client doesn't have the virus that causes AIDS.
Nushawn Williams' lawyer says Williams' blood was recently examined by the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Attorney John Nuchereno says Williams may have been the victim of a false positive when tested 16 years ago.
Williams has been in prison since pleading guilty in 1999 to statutory rape and reckless endangerment. His sentence ended in 2010, but he remains in prison under a state law that allows confinement of dangerous sex offenders.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A civil trial is scheduled for next month to determine whether he will remain locked up.
State officials have questioned the validity of the new results.