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German pop star Nadja Benaissa 'infected partners with HIV'
A GERMAN pop star has been arrested for allegedly having unprotected sex with a number of men without telling them she had the HIV virus.
Nadja Benaissa, who has sold more than five million records with her girl group No Angels, is alleged to have had unprotected sex with three people.
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 reality TV 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 Benaissa spoke publicly of her worries the group may have become too famous.
"If you see No Angels in every newspaper, on every television station and hear them on every radio station, the people will at some point get sick and tired of No Angels," she said.
The group split in December 2003 before four of the original five members, including Benaissa, reformed in 2007.
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They were selected to represent Germany at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with their single Disappear, but finished last.
Benaissa was arrested in Frankfurt on Saturday evening, shortly before she was due to give a solo performance.
She was remanded in custody after a judge ruled there was a danger she might repeat her alleged offence.
The public prosecutor's office in the western town of Darmstadt said the singer was being held because of the "urgent suspicion that the accused had unprotected sexual intercourse with three people in the years 2004 and 2006 without telling them beforehand that she was HIV positive".
If found guilty she could face up to 10 years in prison.
Media goes crazy about this here in Germany...it is unbelievable...Was a big fan of her and the No Angels! 
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