A former linebacker in the Canadian Football League who is HIV-positive was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault for having unprotected sex with two unwitting women. Trevis Smith, 30, was accused of not telling the women that he carried the virus that causes AIDS and of lying to one of them who even pressed him about persistent rumors of his malady.
Smith denied the allegations, saying both women were jilted lovers.
But Saskatchewan Provincial Court Judge Ken Bellerose chose to believe his accusers and a nurse who testified Smith told her the two women were kept in the dark about his condition.
"He was found guilty on both counts," a court clerk told AFP.
One of the women testified she had a relationship with Smith over a three-year period, and did not use a condom during sex on numerous occasions after November 2003, when Smith tested positive for HIV.
The other woman said she had a casual sexual relationship in 2000 which was rekindled in 2005. They had unprotected sex on three occasions since.
Sentencing in the case is expected on February 26. Smith faces possible life in prison, the provincial court clerk said.
Neither of the women has tested positive for HIV, said reports.
