Even SharptonвЂ™s statement is upsetting to me. This lawsuit is triggering for me, as someone who has herpes, because itвЂ™s so sensational. I feel that my rights were violated.'Д«ustle has reached out to Usher's rep about the lawsuit and allegations from the women as well as the allegation that Usher has herpes, but did not receive a response at the time of publication. My health is very important to me, now that I am a mother. I would not have taken a risk of getting an incurable disease. Although I am negative, I am upset by the reports because I never would have consented, if I would have known. But I contacted Lisa Bloom to find out what my rights are as a woman. I had a child a year ago, and I knew I was negative. 'When I first heard reports that he had herpes, I couldnвЂ™t believe it. As reported by People, she clarified that she tested negative for herpes, but sought legal representation because she felt 'violated' by UsherвЂ™s alleged failure to disclose.

One of his accusers Quantasia Sharpton spoke on Monday about the accusations and why she is suing the singer. 4, civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom posted on Twitter that she was filing a lawsuit against Usher Raymond IV (his real name) for allegedly not disclosing his alleged herpes status to three sexual partners. Bustle reached out to Usher's reps regarding this report, but did not receive an immediate response.Д®ARLIER: On Aug. 24 reports that according to court documents from the lawsuit in which he is being sued for $20 million, Usher said that a previous sexual partner could have infected the woman and that he is requesting the case be thrown out. Because having herpes isnвЂ™t the end of the world, and IвЂ™m tired of people acting like it is. Both Usher's alleged behavior and the media frenzy surrounding it make the stigma worse for people with herpes, and the whole story is so upsetting that IвЂ™m going to go public with my own status. But, in the wake of the allegations and lawsuit against him for allegedly failing to disclose to three sexual partners that he allegedly has herpes, I had to say something.

I didnвЂ™t expect that when I unveiled to the Internet that I had herpes it would be in a story about Usher. The woe-is-me one, the look-I'm-stronger-now one, the stigma-is-the-hardest-part one. After getting diagnosed two years ago, IвЂ™ve composed a hundred different essays. This isnвЂ™t the herpes essay I thought I would write.

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