Girl band pop star 'infected partners with HIV'

A STUNNING pop star who has sold more than five million records with a girl group called No Angels has been accused of deliberately infecting several sexual partners with the HIV virus. Nadja Benaissa, who has performed concerts around the world with the band, is alleged to have had unprotected sex with three people without telling them that she was HIV positive. At least one man has since found he has the virus, The Times reports. Benaissa, 26, a mother of one, became a celebrity overnight when she and four other young women won the first German series of the talent television show Popstars in 2000. They formed No Angels, who were said to have been modelled on the Spice Girls, and went on to have a string of No 1 hits. Their popularity was such that in 2002, Ms Benaissa spoke publicly of her worries that the group may have become too famous. ââ