Model sues parking-lot magnate William Lerner for $5mill for giving her herpes

A WEALTHY parking-lot magnate gave herpes to his Soho model girlfriend - after he promised her that he didn't have any sexually transmitted diseases, a $5 million lawsuit charges.

William Leer, 57, who owns Imperial Parking Systems in the US, met the beautiful 43-year-old woman at an art gallery in 2012 and wooed her for several months, according to papers filed yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court.

"We had fallen in love. It was a very serious relationship very quickly," the woman, who is listed in the complaint as "Anonymous", told The New York Post.

The pair went out on expensive dates, and the high-roller even flew her to Aruba, said her lawyers, Matthew Blit and Justin Clark.

"The entire time, I had protected sex with him," the woman explained. "It did cross my mind that maybe he should be tested, but on the other hand, I trusted him completely."

She said her troubles began in March of 2012, when Leer tricked her into thinking that he didn't have any "health issues", and the couple had unprotected sex for the first time.

Days later, the woman allegedly experienced a herpes outbreak.

A doctor informed her that she had recently been exposed, the papers allege, and the woman frantically contacted Leer, who she said offered to pay an expected $700 in medical expenses. She soon ended the relationship.

Leer and his lawyer did not retu calls for comment.

- The New York Post