Court martial proceedings against Tech. Sgt. David Gutierrez begin Tuesday at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita where he is stationed with the 22nd Maintenance Operations Squadron. He has been under arrest at the base since Aug. 9.
The Air Force has charged him with violating military law by having unprotected sex with at least 10 people without telling them he is infected. He faces 10 counts of aggravated assault — one for each sexual partner — and is charged with violating his squadron commander’s October 2009 order to notify his sexual partners about his HIV status and to use condoms.
Gutierrez also has been charged with multiple indecent acts for having sex in front of others. He also was charged with nine counts of adultery.
Two women testified at a military hearing last year that they had sex with Gutierrez, including at swingers’ parties, but that they would not have had done so had they known he was HIV positive. One Topeka woman testified that she asked Gutierrez whether he had any sexually transmitted diseases and believed him when he assured her he did not.