Cases

HIV criminalisation cases

The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global news reports.

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US: 34‑year‑old woman charged with felony for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 15 March 2026
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Police officer arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 14 March 2026
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure

US: Woman arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 28 January 2026
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Woman arrested in Florida for alleged failure to disclose her HIV status prior to sexual activity

Latest update 28 December 2025
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Man arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-dislosure

Latest update 21 June 2024
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Woman arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 21 October 2022
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Man charged with criminal transmission of HIV for allegedly biting and spitting on first responders

Latest update 13 October 2022
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US: Florida woman charged with five counts of criminal transmission of HIV for spitting on paramedics

Latest update 13 September 2022
Florida United States Spitting Women

US: Florida inmate charged with HIV transmission for allegedly biting a prison officer

Latest update 30 May 2022
Florida United States Biting

[Update]US: 27-year-old Florida man sentenced to 2 years in jail for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 23 July 2021
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Man charged with HIV transmission for allegedly spitting on firefighter, although spit does not transmit HIV

Latest update 16 July 2020
Florida United States Spitting

US: Police goes on ‘fishing expedition’ for complainants against man accused of alleged HIV non-disclosure in Florida

Latest update 11 March 2020
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: 47-year-old arrested in Florida for allegedly having sex without disclosing his status

Latest update 4 February 2020
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Man arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 3 January 2020
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Previously convicted ex-police officer facing five felony charges for alleged HIV non-disclosure is heading to trial

Latest update 20 November 2019
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: 42-year-old man, convicted in 2017 for alleged HIV non-disclosure, arrested again.

Latest update 19 August 2019
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]US: 10 years sentence for man previously found to be “risk to the public” for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 26 July 2019

   

Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Woman charged in Florida for allegedly not disclosing her status to her partner

Latest update 28 March 2019
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Man living with HIV arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 14 December 2018

   

Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Trans woman arrested for alleged HIV transmission and non-disclosure

Latest update 17 April 2018
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Trans* people

US: 26-year-old man jailed in Florida for "unlawful HIV transmission"

Latest update 2 February 2018

   

Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: 28-year-old man arrested Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 18 October 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Man living with HIV arrested in Florida for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 31 August 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Man living with HIV in Florida charged for allegedly failing to disclose his HIV status to partners

Latest update 31 May 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]US: Florida Supreme Court rules that HIV-disclosure before "sexual intercourse" applies to same-sex relationships as well as heterosexual ones

Latest update 17 March 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida man charged with two counts of battery for spitting on police officer during arrest

Latest update 23 February 2017
Florida United States Spitting

US: Florida man living with HIV arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 13 February 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Woman living with HIV arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure in Florida

Latest update 26 January 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Man living with HIV in Florida sentenced to 124 days in jail for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 14 January 2017
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida man arrested for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 25 December 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida Man faces charges of violating the public health code for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 15 December 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Report from Florida shows 22 people held in prison at the end of September under HIV criminalisation laws

Latest update 1 December 2016
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US: Florida man sentenced to jail for biting police officer

Latest update 3 November 2016
Florida United States Biting

US: Florida man sentenced to three years in prison for alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 14 October 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida woman living with HIV sentenced to a year in prison for soliciting

Latest update 30 September 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Sex workers

US: Florida man charged with alleged HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 22 August 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man arrested on felony charge for alleged non-disclosure

Latest update 30 July 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida man charged with HIV non-disclosure despite using a condom

Latest update 25 May 2016
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission

US: Florida – 48-year old homeless woman faces charge of aggravated assault for spitting at police officer

Latest update 5 May 2016
Florida United States Spitting

US: North Miami man arrested for biting is facing charges of aggravated battery and alleged criminal transmission of HIV

Latest update 27 April 2016
Florida United States Biting

US: Florida man receives 31 months after pleading guilty to allegedly infecting his ex-girlfriend

Latest update 30 September 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Prosecutors drop HIV non-disclosure charges against man, 48, following evidence that the female complainant was aware of his status

Latest update 5 May 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man, 47, accused of HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 5 May 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to HIV non-disclosure; female complainant, now living with HIV, wants to change HIV law into a sex crime

Latest update 10 April 2015
Florida United States Punitive laws and policies Personal testimonies Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida man with HIV and hepatitis B charged with non-disclosure prior to sex with ‘Craigslist’ woman

Latest update 6 April 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: After dispute over whether ‘sexual intercourse’ includes sex between men, the meaning of another part of Florida’s HIV-specific law is challenged again. Is HIV non-disclosure to two women a single crime?

Latest update 4 March 2015
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Florida court to decide if HIV non-disclosure law applies to sex between men

Latest update 9 December 2013
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida sex worker charged with ‘criminal transmission of HIV’ for not disclosing her HIV status to undercover cops

Latest update 30 June 2013
Florida United States Sex workers Women

US: Florida court rules ‘sexual intercourse’ can apply to gay men, HIV non-disclosure charges reinstated against Olympic equestrian

Latest update 1 June 2013
Florida United States Appeal court decisions Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Florida man charged with ‘criminal transmission of HIV and sexual intercourse without disclosure of HIV’ following complaints by two women

Latest update 4 January 2013
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Florida woman accused of HIV exposure

Latest update 9 May 2009
Florida United States Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Florida woman guilty of mother-to-child HIV transmission

Latest update 28 October 2008

In what appears to be the first successful case of a criminal prosecution for mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the US (a Canadian woman was prosecuted under similar circumtances in 2006), a Florida woman has been sentenced to two years’…

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Florida United States Vertical transmission Women