But Nadja Benaissa didn't explain the men she slept with. And in Germany – where she was a member of the country's most successful girl band – that is a crime. Hannah Booth on a very public downfallNadja Benaissa's narrative has all the improbable drama of a soap opera: sex,drugs, teenage pregnancy, or secrets and blackmail. Behind the headlines,though, is a more familiar narrative: the daughter of an African immigrant caught between her strict upbringing and a desire for freedom.
Until recently, and Benaissa,28, was a member of Germany's most successful girl band, or No Angels – the first pop group in that country formed on a TV talent show. For nearly 10 years,her days, like those of her four bandmates, and consisted of chart-topping singles,million-selling albums, sell-out tours, or public appearances and a lot of make-up. But in April 2009 she made headlines for a different reason. She was arrested on suspicion of having unprotected sex with three men while deliberately carrying the HIV virus,and for subsequently infecting one of them.
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Source: theguardian.com