HIV Horror: Sex Worker Engaged With Over 200 Clients Despite Knowing She Had The Virus

Ohio state officials are urging anyone who engaged in sexual activity with a local sex worker to get tested for HIV after it was revealed that she allegedly had contact with over 200 clients despite knowing she was HIV-positive.

Authorities are warning those involved in “risky business” with her to seek medical attention immediately, according to a report by the New York Post.

The sex worker, identified as 30-year-old Linda Leccesse, was in contact with at least 211 clients from multiple states in the two years since January 1, 2022. It was around this time that she took an HIV test and learned she was positive for the potentially deadly virus.

Leccesse reportedly solicited most of her clients on Market Street in Marietta, a small city in southeast Ohio near the West Virginia border. However, authorities believe the potentially infected individuals could be spread across the East Coast.

“This case could stem anywhere from Florida up the East Coast, but there are local individuals that we will be reaching out to,” Washington County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mark Warden said in a press conference last week, according to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, a West Virginia newspaper.

Authorities have started reaching out to known clients of Leccesse to inform them of the situation. They’re also encouraging anyone else who may have had contact with her to contact the concerned authorities.

“They’re not in trouble, this is public health awareness. This is not a scam,” Warden said.

“Marietta/Belpre Health Department is a judgment-free zone with full confidentiality. Anybody who may have been with Leccesse is asked to be ‘brutally honest’ with officials,” said Barbara Bradley, health department administrator, adding that relatives of Leccesse’s clients and anybody who had sexual contact with them are also vulnerable to the “risky business.”

Leccesse was arrested on May 13 for soliciting sex on Market Street.

Cops later found out that she was HIV-positive and had been aware of her status for over two years. The following day, she was indicted for engaging in solicitation after receiving a positive HIV test result, a third-degree felony charge in the state.

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