Women testify about having sex with HIV-positive airman

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two women testified at a military hearing today that they would not have had sex with an airman had they known he was HIV positive, and one said she believed him when he said he wasn't because he was in the Air Force.

Tech Sgt. David Gutierrez has been charged with violating military law by having unprotected sex with at least 11 people without telling them he was infected.

The two women who testified detailed numerous encounters where they had unprotected sex with Gutierrez, including at several so-called swinger parties in the Wichita area. Some of their sexual encounters were videotaped by the 43-year-old airman's wife, they said.

One woman, from Topeka, testified she asked Gutierrez whether he had any sexually transmitted diseases and believed him when he assured her he didn't.