A Town of Tonawanda woman is suing former Buffalo Bills star wide receiver Eric Moulds, claiming he knowingly gave her herpes simplex virus type 2.
The woman, who The Buffalo News is not naming, claims in the lawsuit that Moulds “knew, or should have known he had a sexually transmitted disease,” and did not disclose that before they became intimate.
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The lawsuit also claims that Moulds’ pregnant fiancée contacted the woman and suggested that she get tested for sexually transmitted diseases and that, through social media, the woman learned of other women who claimed to have been given sexually transmitted diseases by Moulds.
The woman, in a phone interview with The News on Wednesday, said she brought the lawsuit so that more women would not fall victim to what she described as Moulds’ predatory behavior.
“I think about women that may be in the same situation I am, and I know what I would have liked to have seen for myself,” she said.
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Eric Moulds is No. 2 behind Andre Reed on the Bills’ all-time receiving list in receptions (675), yards (9,096) and touchdown catches (48). He made three Pro Bowls in his Bills tenure from 1996 to 2005.
Frank LoTempio III, an attorney representing Moulds, told The News in a phone interview that all of the accusations contained in the lawsuit are false. He was contacted by Kevin Stocker, the woman’s attorney, some time ago, but Moulds had not yet been served with the lawsuit.
“I will respond once we get properly served, and defend this, probably to the point of a trial,” LoTempio said.
The lawsuit said Moulds first contacted the woman in 2018 in an Instagram direct message, and the two occasionally exchanged messages until January 2023, when they entered into a long-term romantic relationship. Moulds paid for the woman to make trips to visit him in Charlotte, N.C., where he lives. The pair had their last sexual contact in November 2023, the lawsuit claims.
In December 2023, after having sexual relations with no other partners, the woman became symptomatic and tested positive for herpes simplex virus type 2, according to the complaint.
Moulds was a star receiver for the Buffalo Bills from 1996 to 2005, gaining 9,253 total yards from scrimmage with the Bills, according to the website Pro Football Reference. He retired from the NFL following the 2007 season.
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