Usher Legally Responds To Woman Claiming He “Knowingly” Infected Her With Herpes

Usher has a new album in the works, which has been highly-anticipated. His last full album was over 8 years ago back in 2016, which had a very lukewarm reception. While this new album has paired him with the same heavyweights, the Grammy award-winning “Confessions” singer has a big battle that he’s still fighting.

Usher is still dealing with an ongoing civil suit stemming from accusations that he infected a woman, Laura Helm with the herpes virus back in 2017 after they had two sexual encounters.  Usher is continuing with his efforts to prove his innocence in his ongoing civil suit that alleges her gave a woman herpes after a sexual encounter. Usher has requested that the woman’s medical team take the stand regarding her health history—concluding that he wasn’t the one who gave her the sexually transmitted disease.

This Is NOT The Quantasia Sharpton Case

This is not Quantasia Sharpton. The woman who made headlines after making media rounds and accusing Usher of trying to get out of her herpes case against him. She accused Usher of going in front of a judge by using “dilatory tactics and failure to cooperate in scheduling a mediation,” according to her lawyer’s Sept 6. court filing.

Sharpton’s lawyer Jivaka Candappa, is saying that in the case of Quantasia Sharpton, that Usher had blown past several proposed mediation deadlines because Usher and his legal team continue to give them the runaround. So that case is also still pending.

Helm Is 1 of 3 Herpes Accusers

Usher is attempting to move his court case along by asking the court for his herpes accuser’s medical care providers to testify about the state of her health as part of their ongoing herpes transmission case. This was accomplished through a subpoena issued to Laura Helm’s medical team as part of his defense of her civil suit against him for knowingly infecting her with the virus, according to reports.

According to Bossip:

Helm is still actively pursuing her lawsuit, but Usher has continued to fight back and dispute the claims. His latest act of defense involves wanting Helm’s medical team to testify about her medical history in the attempt to prove that she was already infected with herpes before she had sex with him. Earlier this month, Usher’s legal team officially subpoenaed Helm’s medical team to testify about her overall health.

Usher is seeking testimony from Helm’s doctors in both Atlanta and New Orleans. Additionally, he wants the medical centers where the doctors are employed to present Helm’s medical records from 2012 to the present. The records request includes, test results, prescriptions, diagnoses, payment records and doctor communication records. The chart-topping entertainer also requests that Helm’s doctors are questioned regarding their understanding of herpes, including how it’s treated and preventing it from spreading.

As recent as March 18, Helm’s attorneys had yet to file any depositions following the new developments. However, it’s rumored that her legal team plan to also request Usher’s medical records by subpoenaing his doctors.