Janitor accused of peeing in water bottles and giving 13 women an STD

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An office janitor in Texas is accused of urinating in employees’ water bottles, which allegedly led to 13 women getting infected with a sexually transmitted disease.

More than a dozen women who say they contracted an incurable STD have now filed a lawsuit against multiple companies who employed custodian Lucio Catarino Diaz, KRIV reported.

Diaz, who was said to have the Herpes Simplex 1 Virus, allegedly tampered with multiple water bottles in a Houston office building, which led to the STD outbreak.

“It’s not only terrifying but somewhat humiliating for them,” Kimberley Spurlock, one of the attorneys representing the women, told the outlet.

“His disgusting actions have left many of us with permanent health concerns,” Spurlock said as she read a statement from one of the alleged victims.

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Diaz was arrested in October after a woman accused him of giving her herpes by peeing in her water bottle.

The alleged victim claims the water she kept on her desk smelled and tasted funny and eventually realized it was urine.

That led to other female co-workers also reporting the same thing.

Investigators said hidden cameras showed Diaz rubbing his genitalia on the inside and mouth of one water bottle, even turning it upside down so he touched the liquid, KRIV reported at the time.

He admitted to the crime and was charged with felony aggravated assault.

The woman reportedly sent a copy of the video to the building’s management company, which asked her not to tell anyone and they would handle the situation.

It wasn’t until October that the company notified tenants of the janitor’s actions.

“Even after building management knew about the video they did not contact the police. Our clients did,” attorney Mo Aziz said.

The Defendants named in the lawsuit include the owner of the building, the building’s management company, the maintenance company, and the cleaning company that employed Diaz.

Spurlock added: “He was allowed to come back in, and he continued to conduct himself this way and who knows how many people picked up their water bottles during that six days and were effected by his actions.”