Beverly Hills millionaire ordered to pay wife $2.49m after infecting her with STD 'caught while having affair'
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A millionaire California businessman has been ordered to pay his estranged wife $2.49million after he gave her genital herpes.
Real estate investor George Saadian allegedly contracted the sexually transmitted disease from extramarital activities and spread it to his wife Kathrin, who has since filed for divorce.
The jury found him liable for Sexual Battery, Fraud, Concealment, Negligence, and Infliction of Emotional Distress.
George Saadian contracted genital herpes outside of his marriage, which he passed to his wife Kathrin She claims he had sex with women he met on websites like sugardaddie.com
The award included $250,000 for future medical expenses, $500,000 for past pain and suffering, $1.63 million for future pain and suffering, and $62,000 in punitive damages.
His estimated net worth is $23 million.
The pair were married for 16 years when, she claimed in court, her husband joined online escort and adult websites in 2006, including SugarDaddie.com.
Mr. Saadian began soliciting and paying women for sex.
At some point he contracted genital herpes.
In August 2007, he moved out of the couple's multi-million dollar Beverly Hills home and said he wanted a divorce, only to return home to reconcile three weeks later.
The jury overwhelmingly sided with Mrs Saadian, taking only 4.5 hours of deliberations to award her $2.49million in damages
Mrs Saadian told the court she was infected after that reconciliation. She also said her husband only pretended to reconcile in order to protect millions in assets. He attempted to get her to sign documents giving up her claim to properties acquired during their marriage.
She was diagnosed with genital herpes in December 2007, she sued him for divorce and then also filed the herpes transmission lawsuit.
Mrs Saadian told the court she was raised in a very conservative culture and that her husband was her first and only sexual partner.
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