Johanson Little of the 4400 block of South State Street dated the victim who is his ex-girlfriend between June 1, 2012 and June 1, 2013, said Steve Campbell, a spokesman for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
In February, about eight months after the relationship with Little, the woman went for a physical examination which included an HIV test and was notified that she was HIV positive, Campbell said.
The woman said she did not have sexual relations with anyone since she ended the relationship with Little and did not have any sexual partners except for Little during their year-long relationship, Campbell said.
The victim then learned from members of Little’s deceased wife’s family that the woman had previously died of complications from AIDS, according to prosecutors.
Little had previously told the victim that his wife had died of ovarian cancer and when the victim confronted Little he admitted that he knew he was HIV positive when they had sex, Campbell said.
Little has been HIV positive since 2003, prosecutors said.
“He admitted that he knew of his HIV status at the time that he was having a sexual relationship with the victim but did not want to tell her,” Campbell said.
He was charged with criminal transmission of HIV, a class 2 felony, Campbell said. Judge James Brown ordered Little held on $750,000 bail.