Herpes Lawsuit Drama

Wow, it's like L.A. Law meets Grey's Anatomy! In September, white-shoe lawyer Frederick Tanne sued his estranged wife, claiming she gave him herpes from an affair an accountant. For good measure, Tanne also sued her lover and her father, a doctor who Tanne accused of secretly prescribing herpes medication. But now a lawyer for the wife says his client tested "negative" for Herpes Simplex Virus 2. Tanne, who apparently has herpes, was suing for "pain, suffering, emotional, mental, psychological and physical injuries and loss of enjoyment of life." Plush: Herpes by Giant Microbes

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By Jen Chung in News on November 11, 2008 2:20 PM

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schizofriendly

Aaaaahhhhh!

Now that makes sense!

Jen S

(Take a good look at your photo!)

schizofriendly

Hey, Jen S --

Why no love?

Whadd I do?

Did you contract herpes in Ronkonkoma?

Hrrrumpf.

Clarice City

http://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=8998

Just wanted to know what he looked like....

cucarachita

Oh, please. Herpes is everywhere. For that matter, that little old cold sore? That's herpes! And more often than not, these days, it's genital herpes that you caught from oral sex.

Actors are required to take Valtrex during shoots if they're prone to cold sores. It is so run of the mill, boring. Americans are big babies about it.

Big whoop. If you've kissed or bonked more than 3 people in your life, chances are you've been exposed to or caught one kind of herpes or another.

Sound like he caught it, felt ashamed to tell his wife, so he accused her to beat her to it.

Silly man.

Jen S

Ronkonkoma = the herp!

HUGO_MEGO

#11, haha GED and herpes is a good combo.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

love the picture. I can leave it on my ladies' beds. leave them that stuffed herpes instead of roses or money.

Mr Mel

"she gave him herpes from an affair an accountant."

Those GEDs are not what they used to be.

schizofriendly

Awwww. An adorable stocking stuffer!

longacre

Did he cheat on her with Ron Mexico?

NannyState

This lawsuit doesn't have a chancre in hell.

Kojak

Syphilis is cute too. The Clap just looks down right evil.

camarilla

Yeah, I really want to give one of those cute stuffed thingies to an ex.

"I got you something for Christmas!"

"What?"

"Herpes!" (wait, face pales) "Look how cute it is!"

Qraymond

Just another case of (he)rpes said (she)rpes said.

Tgirl

gotta love the picture

JRod5417

As Homer Simpson would say: DOH!

camarilla

People are kind of stupid and uninformed. HSV2 can be dormant in the body for years before it presents, or for your entire lifetime. Some ridiculously high percent of the adult population has antibodies for it. He could have gotten this from a fling 50 years ago and not known about it until now. Even if she did have antibodies, it doesn't mean that she gave it to him. Unprotected F to M transmission rate is only on the order of 4% a year. The reverse is much higher.

And HSV1 causes up to a third of all GH cases, and can be dormant forever as well, and some 80-90% of adults have antibodies to that one too. Just take your Valtrex and quit embarassing yourself and creating frivolous lawsuits.