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From the article, it sounds to me like he was paying her to be a personal escort and aside from her claims of abuse, he gave her some sort of a STD.

This guy got around and gave an escort a STD.

Haha.

His side: he claims extortion. Seems plausible.

My guess is this will be funny more than explosive.

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"Haha"? This community doesn't need anyone who comments like that.

Since you've had this account for a long time and most of your comments are fine, we won't ban it. But please don't post anything like that again.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11274989 and marked it off-topic.

Dang!

It's your place to do so, and I'd probably get more work done if you did, but even reading the complaint there are inconsistencies:

  1. She says she was a virgin when she met the guy in the US
  2. She was inducted into sex trafficking before she moved to the US
  3. They maintained an amicable relationship over text

This is just according to her. And I don't need to tell a smart dude like you that these are allegations, and not facts.

"haha" is insensitive, for sure, but she was traveling with him to foreign countries as a personal escort and got $10 million as a result. I'm inclined to believe the extortion angle.

Allegations, sure, and I haven't read them, but "haha" and "funny" are beyond-the-pale responses to something this serious, whether you've guessed right or not (and especially if you haven't).

Well, I hope I'm right otherwise he would be a total psychopath. The simplest explanation is probably the right one, however.

Over 30% of women have "high risk HPV", it's pretty hard to avoid if you're sexually active and have unprotected sex - and even condom use is no guarantee of protection. It can take years for symptoms to develop, making it difficult to determine where the infection came from.

http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats14/figures/48.htm

There is a recently developed vaccine for HPV which has turned out to be more successful than was expected. Currently it is recommended only for high risk groups, but is available for others who may be at risk for exposure.

The problem with that vaccine is that they only give it to young people. If you're over 30, you're outta luck. Basically they assume that if you're over 30 and are sexually active, you already have HPV.

You can get it with doctor's consent. It's true that it's not effective if you already have HPV, but it's also relatively side-effect free, so many doctors have started becoming willing to prescribe (if you ask) on the theory that if you don't have HPV, it could be lifesaving for you or your future partners, while if you do have HPV, it has no effect.

Good to know, thanks! I'll ask my PCP about this then. It couldn't hurt.

Indeed. It's incredibly disingenuous, not to mention a risk to the public health, to scream "STD!" equal loud for HPV and HIV.

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