former Buffalo Bills Wide receiver Eric Molds was accused in a lawsuit of intentionally giving several women sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
The woman who filed the lawsuit said Buffalo News That Molds “knew, or should have known, that he had a sexually transmitted disease” and failed to disclose the disease before they became intimate. The newspaper reported that Molds gave the woman herpes simplex type 2 virus.
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Eric Molds with the Buffalo Bills in 2003 (Preston Mack/USA Today Sports)
Herpes simplex type 2 is spread through sexual contact It causes genital herpesaccording to the World Health Organization. It is treatable but not curable.
The lawsuit said Molds' pregnant fiancée contacted the plaintiff and recommended testing for sexually transmitted diseases and that the plaintiff learned through social media of other women who claimed the former NFL player had contracted an STD.
“I think about women who might be in the same situation as me, and I know what I would like to see for myself,” she told the Buffalo News.
Frank LoTempio III, who represents Molds, told the newspaper that the allegations against his client are false.
Buffalo Bills receiver Eric Molds (Lou Capozzola – USA Today Network)
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He added in a separate interview: “We are in the process of collecting information and evidence and will respond to the complaint, which we will defend vigorously.” With Newsweek. “I will have more information and comments once the litigation process begins.”
The lawsuit said Molds contacted the woman in 2018 via social media and entered into a romantic relationship in January 2023, and the couple allegedly had their last sexual encounter in November 2023, according to the newspaper.
The woman said she tested positive for the disease in December 2023 despite having no non-mold sexual partners in that period.
Molds was a first-round pick out of Mississippi State in 1996 by the Bills. He played with Buffalo during the 2005 season and spent the last two with Houston Texas and Tennessee Titans, respectively.
Houston Texans wide receiver Eric Templates (Byron Hetzler-USA Today Sports)
He was a Pro Bowler with the Bills three times during his career.
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He finished his NFL career with 764 catches for 9,995 yards and 49 touchdowns.
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