South African politician Patricia de Lille has come under fire by three women living with HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Mercury reported on Thursday.
The women are suing de Lille for exposing their HIV-positive status by naming them in her biography, published in March last year.
In response, de Lille said the women had participated in controversial clinical tests for a new HIV/AIDS drug, after which their names were disclosed in a report by the University of Pretoria.
"Maybe the university should be sued. I am an AIDS activist and would never deliberately disclose someone's HIV status," de Lille said.
The women are seeking a court order to have their names removed from copies of the biography that have not yet been sold.
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