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Gareth Thomas settles case with ex-partner who accused former Welsh rugby star of 'deceptively' giving him HIV
Former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas has settled a legal case with an ex-partner who had accused him of "deceptively" transmitting HIV.
Ian Baum sued Mr Thomas in the High Court for allegedly hiding his HIV status and "failing to take reasonable care" not to pass the virus on.
Mr Thomas, 48, will pay £75,000 plus costs but said he has not admitted liability by settling, adding that he maintains his innocence "in all the meritless allegations".
Mr Baum, a former police constable who was in a relationship with the retired rugby union star between 2013 and 2016, claimed he was HIV negative when they got together, court papers said.
The documents said Mr Baum noticed the former sportsman was taking pills from bottles which had the labels ripped off them but was told they were multi-vitamins.
He claimed he found out the pills were an HIV anti-viral medication ca
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Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas agrees £75,000 settlement in legal battle with ex-partner who accused him of infecting him with HIV after hiding his positive status
Gareth Thomas is a former Welsh rugby player. He has represented Wales in both Rugby Union and Rugby League and was the most capped player in the country until he was overtaken in 2011.
He came out as gay in 2009 following a split from his wife and childhood sweetheart Jemma in 2007, becoming the first openly-gay rugby player in Britain.
Thomas, who is affectionately known as 'Alfie' due to his 'resemblance to the alien character in the TV sitcom 'Alf', battled with his sexuality for years, telling of how he was driven to the brink of suicide on multiple occasions.
He told the Daily Mail in December 2009: 'I was like a ticking bomb. I thought I could suppress it, keep it locked away in some dark corner of myself, but I couldn't.
'It was who I was, and I just couldn't ignore it any more. I'd been through every emotion under the sun trying to deal with this.
'You wake up one morning thinking: 'I can handle it. Everything is fine,' and the next morning you don't want anyone to see your face, because you think that if people look at you, they will know.'
Wales rugby legend Gareth Thomas is pictured in Octobe
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Gareth Thomas: Badger Wales football star settles HIV weekend case with ex
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