Last month, Laura Helm filed a lawsuit against pop star Usher Raymond, accusing him of neglecting to inform her he had herpes before engaging in unprotected sex and eventually infecting her with the disease.
This week, audio has surfaced of Laura claiming she never had unprotected sex with Usher.
In audio sent to TMZ.com, Helm repeatedly denies having unprotected with the pop star. She told her former publicist she didn’t care if Usher had herpes or not because, “that’s what condoms are for.”
Helm claims she lied because she thought her publicist was trying to sell her story to the media.
Meanwhile, in court documents obtained by E! News, Usher’s attorney has asked the court to dismiss Helm’s $20 million lawsuit – in part because the plaintiff assumed her own risk when sleeping with a partner.
“With a one in six chance that any given partner could have genital herpes, plaintiff assumed the risk of contracting an STD each and every time she chose to have unprotected sex with a casual, consensual party,” Usher’s attorney Steve Sadow stated.
