Georgia man jailed for 15 years after concealing HIV from sexual partners

Cleveland Broadie, 64, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Georgia after pleading guilty to three counts of reckless conduct. He admitted having unprotected sex with multiple women without disclosing that he had HIV, a case that drew attention to the consequences of withholding a diagnosis and the importance of timely treatment.

Court records say Broadie stopped taking HIV medication in 2009 and was infectious from 2009 to 2023; five women were identified as having had unprotected sex with him. His wife, Denise, tested positive in 2022 after becoming ill and died that year, with prosecutors saying her HIV had progressed to AIDS and she had not received treatment. Broadie was initially charged with murder but was not convicted of those charges; doctors said they would have changed her care had they known about the infection.