DIANE REEVE WAS NOBODY'S FOOL.
I HOLD RANK IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT STYLES OF MARTIAL ARTS.
I DESCRIBE DIANE AS A FORCE OF NATURE.
BUT WHEN PHILIPPE PADIEU SWEPT HER OFF HER FEET,
DIANE THREW CAUTION TO THE WIND,
ONLY TO BE BLINDSIDED BY HIS DEADLY SECRET...
THE EVILNESS OF IT...
TERRIFIED ME.
...A SECRET JUST AS LETHAL AS A LOADED GUN.
PREDATORS HAVE A WAY OF ATTACKING THEIR VICTIM,
AND DIANE BECAME A VICTIM.
WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM.
DALLAS NATIVE DIANE REEVE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A FIGHTER.
I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY IN INDOMITABLE SPIRIT,
AND THAT MEANS YOU NEVER QUIT AND YOU NEVER GIVE UP.
BUT WHEN HER 18-YEAR MARRIAGE ENDED IN 2000,
THE 50-YEAR-OLD MARTIAL-ARTS TEACHER
AND MOTHER OF TWO
WAS READY TO GIVE UP ON LOVE.
AND MY FRIENDS CONVINCED ME
THAT I WAS TOO YOUNG AND TOO VIBRANT TO DO THAT,
AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I USE THE INTERNET.
I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT
THAT I WOULD HAVE TURNED TO THE INTERNET.
I'M JUST THE DUMB JOCK THAT TEACHES KARATE.
BUT IN THE WINTER OF 2001,
DIANE AGREED TO GIVE ONLINE DATING A WHIRL.
SHE WENT ON SEVERAL DATES,
BUT SCREENING THESE MEN WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK.
I KIND OF CALL MYSELF
THE QUEEN OF THE ONE-DATE WONDERS.
I'D GO OUT WITH THEM, AND IT'D BE LIKE,
NO.
FRUSTRATED, DIANE BEGAN TO WONDER IF SHE SHOULD GIVE UP...
UNTIL ONE DAY IN JANUARY 2002
WHEN SHE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM A FRENCH MARTIAL-ARTS ENTHUSIAST
NAMED PHILIPPE PADIEU.
HE SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE EXOTIC.
HE WAS NOT YOUR TYPICAL COWBOY, TEXAS,
ROOTIN', TOOTIN' KIND OF DUDE.
PHILIPPE WAS NICE-LOOKING.
HE'S TALL, AND HE'S DARK, AND HE'S HANDSOME.
HE HAS THE FRENCH ACCENT,
SO THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF INTRIGUING.
THEN FINALLY, I AGREED TO GO OUT WITH HIM.
THAT FEBRUARY,
DIANE AND PHILIPPE HAD THEIR FIRST DATE,
AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE STARS WERE ALIGNING.
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
HE ENTERTAINED ME,
TOLD ME A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT HIS LIFE.
I DID LIKE THE FACT THAT HE WAS OPEN WITH ME.
HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HOLD ANYTHING BACK.
HE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE HIDING ANYTHING.
BEFORE LONG, DIANE AND PHILIPPE
WERE SEEING EACH OTHER ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND AFTER A FEW MONTHS, DIANE FOUND HERSELF EMBROILED
IN A PASSIONATE, PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP, AS WELL.
I TOLD HIM.
I SAID, "LOOK, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE,
"AND IF YOU ARE, THAT'S OKAY.
"I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT,
"BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SEEING OTHER PEOPLE,
THEN WE NEED TO BE USING CONDOMS."
BUT PHILIPPE ASSURED DIANE
SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN HIS LIFE.
SO, AT THAT POINT,
THE RELATIONSHIP WENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
DIANE WAS ECSTATIC.
PHILIPPE SEEMED TO BE EVERYTHING SHE WANTED.
I FELT LIKE WE WERE CONNECTING SO WELL.
I THOUGHT WE STARTED TO BUILD A LIFE TOGETHER.
BUT JUST A FEW YEARS LATER, EVERYTHING UNRAVELED,
AND DIANE FOUND HERSELF FACING
THE MOST TERRIFYING ORDEAL OF HER LIFE.
BY THE WINTER OF 2007,
DIANE AND PHILIPPE HAD WEATHERED THEIR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS,
BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED DIANE
FOR WHAT SHE DISCOVERED THAT JANUARY.
IT ALL STARTED WITH A STRANGE VOICEMAIL.
I GOT A VOICEMAIL ON PHILIPPE'S PHONE,
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY ANYBODY WOULD HAVE MY NAME FOR THAT PHONE NUMBER.
I CALLED MY BEST FRIEND
AND SAID, "I GOT THIS WEIRD PHONE CALL."
THE MESSAGE DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE,
AND DIANE WAS CERTAIN IT WAS A PRANK.
AND SHE SAID, "YEAH, IT'S A JOKE.
SOMEBODY'S MESSING WITH YOU."
BUT THE JOKE WAS DEVASTATINGLY REAL,
AND TWO DAYS LATER,
DIANE WOULD FIND HERSELF FACING THE TOUGHEST FIGHT OF HER LIFE.
MY KNEES HIT THE FLOOR.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER THAT FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
NO RECOLLECTION.
IT SEEMED PHILIPPE HAD BEEN DECEIVING HER
IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.
I THINK HE'S A PREDATOR
IN A REAL SCREWED-UP SORT OF WAY.
IN THE WINTER OF 2002,
FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE MOST TRAUMATIC PHONE CALL
OF HER LIFE,
DIANE REEVE WAS GLOWING.
CLOSE FRIENDS SUSPECTED PHILIPPE PADIEU,
HER BOYFRIEND OF ONE YEAR, HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
PHILIPPE WAS ALWAYS VERY ATTENTIVE TO HER.
HE WAS INCREDIBLY GOOD AT COMPLIMENTS,
AND HE MADE HER FEEL ON TOP OF THE WORLD, AND YOU COULD TELL.
BUT THAT CHRISTMAS,
THE HAPPY COUPLE GOT SOME BAD NEWS.
PHILIPPE WAS BEING LAID OFF
FROM HIS JOB AS A NETWORK ANALYST.
IT WAS A TOUGH BLOW, SO DIANE WAS DETERMINED
TO DO WHATEVER SHE COULD TO HELP THE MAN SHE LOVED.
I DID PAY FOR A CELLPHONE FOR HIM.
I HELPED WITH HEALTH INSURANCE
AND GROCERIES AND DINNERS AND GOING OUT TO EAT.
DIANE ALSO AGREED
TO LET PHILIPPE TEACH SOME CLASSES AT HER SCHOOL.
I WAS IN LOVE WITH PHILIPPE.
IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL TO HELP HIM.
SO IN THE FALL OF 2005,
WHEN PHILIPPE BEGAN COMPLAINING
ABOUT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND GROIN,
DIANE INSISTED HE GO SEE A DOCTOR,
AND SHE EVEN WROTE HIM A CHECK TO COVER THE COST.
HE HAD TOLD ME STORIES BEFORE
ABOUT HAVING HAD KIDNEY STONES.
THE DOCTOR DIDN'T FIND ANY KIDNEY STONES,
BUT HE DID RUN A PANEL OF TESTS FOR STDs.
SO, I SAID, "WELL, WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?"
AND HE SAID, "WELL, I WON'T GET THE RESULTS FOR ABOUT A WEEK."
PHILIPPE CLAIMED THE TESTS WERE JUST A PRECAUTION,
BUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE CALLED
AND ASKED THAT PHILIPPE COME IN FOR HIS RESULTS.
THAT'S WHEN I PANICKED.
I KNEW THAT THAT WASN'T A GOOD SIGN.
IF TESTS RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE,
THEY'D TELL YOU OVER THE PHONE.
AND I SAID, "WELL, I WANT TO GO WITH YOU."
AND HE SAID, "NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO
"TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITH ME.
I'M A BIG BOY. I CAN DO THIS."
BUT DIANE WAS INSISTENT.
THE DAY OF PHILIPPE'S APPOINTMENT,
SHE DROVE TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND WAITED IN THE PARKING LOT.
FINALLY, AFTER WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN ETERNITY,
HE COMES OUT OF THE BUILDING, WALKS UP TO THE CAR,
AND I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW.
"HOW WERE THE TEST RESULTS?"
"EVERYTHING'S FINE."
I SAID, "ALL YOUR TESTS ARE NEGATIVE?"
HE SAID, "YEP. ALL MY TESTS ARE NEGATIVE."
AND I'M LIKE, "WHEW!"
I THOUGHT, "THIS PARTICULAR DOCTOR
"JUST WANTS TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL,
AND THEY CALLED HIM IN TO GIVE HIM NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS."
LIFE FOR THE COUPLE CARRIED ON AS USUAL,
BUT FOR DIANE'S CLOSE FRIENDS, THERE WAS CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS GOOD FOR HER.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A SAFE RELATIONSHIP.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT HE WAS BUSY
WITH THE WORLD, MAYBE OTHER WOMEN.
ONE MONTH LATER, THOSE SUSPICIONS WERE CONFIRMED
WHEN DIANE STOPPED BY THE MARTIAL-ARTS SCHOOL
ON HER WAY HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT.
PHILIPPE'S CAR WAS IN THE PARKING LOT,
SO DIANE WENT INSIDE TO LOOK FOR HIM.
AND AS I MADE MY WAY AROUND TO THE PRIVATE LESSON ROOM,
I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR WAS CLOSED.
AND I WAS CALLING HIS NAME.
HE OPENED THE DOOR
AND BLOCKED MY ENTRANCE INTO THE PRIVATE LESSON ROOM.
BUT PHILIPPE WASN'T FAST ENOUGH.
DIANE HAD ALREADY SPIED A WOMAN'S PURSE IN THE ROOM.
I KNEW THAT SHE WAS BEHIND THE DOOR,
AND SO I SLAMMED THAT DOOR OPEN AS HARD AS I COULD.
SHE LEFT REALLY IN A HURRY.
SHE WAS LUCKY SHE GOT OUT OF THERE.
DIANE WAS FURIOUS, AND PHILIPPE FELL APART.
HE SWORE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED,
SO DIANE DECIDED TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
I HAD A LOT INVESTED IN HIM.
WE HAD A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, AND I WANTED IT TO WORK.
BUT JUST TWO MONTHS LATER,
ON THE DAY OF HER DAUGHTER'S WEDDING,
DIANE WAS BETRAYED YET AGAIN.
HE CALLED ME AND SAID, "I'M NOT FEELING WELL.
JUST GO ON TO THE PARTY WITHOUT ME."
DIANE WENT AHEAD AND WENT TO THE DINNER
AND THEN WENT BY HIS HOUSE.
AND THAT'S WHEN SHE KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS UP.
THERE WAS NOBODY AT THE HOUSE.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I KNEW IT WAS OVER.
DIANE COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER,
"HAD PHILIPPE BEEN HONEST ABOUT ANYTHING?"
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY BROKE HER HEART.
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS DEADLY SERIOUS.
THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNEW
THAT HE COULD BE KILLING THESE WOMEN,
AND HE DIDN'T CARE.
BY JUNE 2006,
DIANE REEVE WAS READY TO BE RID
OF HER PHILANDERING BOYFRIEND, PHILIPPE PADIEU.
THE COUPLE HAD BEEN TOGETHER FOUR YEARS,
AND NOW DIANE FOUND HERSELF WONDERING
HOW MANY LIES PHILIPPE HAD TOLD.
SINCE I WAS PAYING FOR HIS CELLPHONE,
CHECKED HIS VOICEMAIL MESSAGES...
NOT ONE BUT TWO WOMEN SETTING UP TIMES TO BE TOGETHER.
IT WAS A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW,
BUT THINGS WERE ABOUT TO GET EVEN WORSE.
ON THE MONDAY AFTER WE BROKE UP, I HAD MY ANNUAL PHYSICAL
AND I FOUND I HAVE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS,
AND NOT ONLY DID I HAVE HPV,
BUT I ALSO HAD SOME PRECANCEROUS CELLS.
HPV IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
THAT CAN LEAD TO CANCER.
DIANE KNEW PHILIPPE HAD GIVEN IT TO HER.
I HADN'T BEEN WITH ANYBODY ELSE IN FOUR AND A HALF YEARS,
SO I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
"IF HE GAVE IT TO ME, THEN HE'S PROBABLY GIVEN IT
TO AT LEAST TWO OTHER WOMEN THAT I KNOW HE'S BEEN WITH."
KNOWING SHE HAD A DUTY TO WARN THESE WOMEN,
DIANE PULLED PHILIPPE'S CELLPHONE RECORDS
AND STARTED DIALING.
SHE WAS STUNNED BY WHAT SHE DISCOVERED.
I FOUND NINE OTHER WOMEN THAT HE HAD BEEN SEEING,
AND THAT WAS JUST THE ONES THAT I FOUND IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
HOW DO YOU JUGGLE THAT MANY WOMEN?
THE VIOLATION OF TRUST WAS STAGGERING,
AND SEVEN MONTHS LATER, DIANE FOUND OUT
HOW DANGEROUS PHILIPPE'S INDISCRETIONS HAD REALLY BEEN.
BY JANUARY 2007,
DIANE WAS HAVING SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.
SHE HAD UNDERGONE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE PRECANCEROUS CELLS,
BUT THE CELLS WERE STILL GROWING.
DIANE WAS STARTING TO BE VERY TIRED, FEELING RUN DOWN,
WHICH IS VERY UN-DIANE-LIKE.
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
I'D NEVER BEEN THAT WAY BEFORE.
I ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF ENERGY.
EVERYONE WAS CONCERNED,
AND THE EXPLANATION WOULD BE DEVASTATING.
THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 23rd,
DIANE NOTICED THERE WAS A VOICEMAIL
ON PHILIPPE'S CELLPHONE.
THE MESSAGE WAS FOR HER,
AND IT WAS FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
WOULD BE CALLING ME ON PHILIPPE'S PHONE.
AT FIRST, DIANE THOUGHT IT MUST BE A JOKE.
THEN I CALLED THE NUMBER BACK,
AND THEY ANSWERED THE PHONE,
"DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,"
AND I KNEW IT WASN'T A JOKE.
TERRIFIED, DIANE HUNG UP.
I SCROLLED BACK THROUGH ON HIS PHONE.
THE LAST PERSON THAT I TALKED TO WAS SUSAN.
SUSAN WAS ONE OF THE WOMEN DIANE HAD CALLED
TO WARN ABOUT HPV.
SUSAN HAD BROKEN UP WITH PHILIPPE IN DECEMBER
AND HAD TAKEN A PANEL OF STD TESTS.
I JUST CALLED HER, AND I SAID,
"I JUST GOT A CALL FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?"
AND SHE SAID, "WE NEED TO TALK."
AND SOMEHOW I KNEW.
BEFORE SHE EVEN SAID THE WORDS "H.I.V.,"
EVERYTHING CRASHED IN ON ME...
AND I KNEW.
THREE WEEKS EARLIER,
SUSAN HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR H.I.V.
AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTACTS THE PERSON
AND ASKS THEM TO GIVE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE EXPOSED.
SHE GAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PHILIPPE'S NAME,
AND SHE GAVE THEM MY NAME.
DIANE IMMEDIATELY WENT IN FOR A TEST.
AND TWO DAYS LATER,
GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MY OB-GYN,
AND SHE SAID, "DIANE, I HAVE YOUR TEST RESULTS,
AND YOU'RE H.I.V.-POSITIVE."
AND MY KNEES HIT THE FLOOR.
FURTHER TESTING YIELDED EVEN MORE DEVASTATING NEWS.
DIANE'S ILLNESS HAD PROGRESSED TO AIDS.
HER IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN A DEATH SENTENCE.
SO, I STARTED TO TELL MY FAMILY,
AND I CALLED SUSAN BACK
AND TOLD HER THAT MY RESULTS WERE POSITIVE, TOO.
SUSAN HAD ALREADY GIVEN PHILIPPE THE BAD NEWS
AND NOTIFIED HIM THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE CALLING.
HIS REACTION WAS UNSETTLING.
AND HE GOES, "WHAT?!
YOU GAVE MY NAME TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT?!"
AND IT WASN'T, "MY GOSH. I'M SO SORRY YOU HAVE H.I.V."
IT WASN'T, "MY GOSH. I MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO H.I.V."
IT WAS ANGER ABOUT HER GIVING HIS NAME
TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
PHILIPPE WAS STRANGELY CAVALIER
ABOUT SUSAN'S DIAGNOSIS,
AS IF HE HAD KNOWN ALL ALONG.
AND THAT MADE HER VERY SUSPICIOUS.
WHAT DID PHILIPPE KNOW,
AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?
WELL, HE STARTED TO GET ANGRY PRETTY EARLY ON.
WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I THINK HE'S JUST DISGUSTING.
HE'S A PREDATOR.
WE KNEW WE HAD TO STOP HIM.
IN FEBRUARY 2007,
DIANE REEVE WAS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
SHE HAD CONTRACTED AIDS FROM HER PHILANDERING BOYFRIEND,
PHILIPPE PADIEU.
I KNEW IT WAS FROM PHILIPPE.
HADN'T BEEN WITH ANYBODY ELSE.
EVEN WORSE,
PHILIPPE SEEMED STRANGELY UNSURPRISED BY THE NEWS.
WE HAD SUSPICIONS
THAT HE HAD KNOWN THAT HE WAS POSITIVE
FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, THAT THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT.
DETERMINED TO FIGHT BACK,
DIANE ENLISTED THE HELP OF SUSAN,
ONE OF PHILIPPE'S EXES WHO HAD ALSO BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH H.I.V.
TOGETHER, THE TWO WOMEN PAID A VISIT TO THE LOCAL P.D.
WHEN WE MET WITH THE DETECTIVE, HE SAID,
"YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A PRETTY DIFFICULT CASE
"BECAUSE IT'S PRECEDENT-SETTING.
"IF WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FILE CHARGES, THEN THAT'S BETTER.
IF WE HAVE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE, THEN WE'LL MAKE A CASE."
SO, WE WENT TO WORK.
DIANE AND THE OTHER WOMEN
WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN FINDING OTHER PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS.
I PULLED CELLPHONE RECORDS AGAIN,
AND WE STARTED CALLING PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET TESTED FOR H.I.V.
THE CALLS RESULTED IN THREE MORE WOMEN FINDING OUT
THAT THEY, TOO, HAD BEEN INFECTED WITH H.I.V.
FOR DIANE, PUTTING PHILIPPE BEYOND BARS
BECAME A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
I WAS VERY DETERMINED
TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DIDN'T HURT ANYBODY ELSE.
DIANE AND SUSAN WERE SOON JOINED BY MEGAN,
ANOTHER H.I.V.-POSITIVE VICTIM OF PHILIPPE'S.
MEGAN NOTICED
THAT THERE WERE CARS IN PHILIPPE'S DRIVEWAY EVERY NIGHT,
SO SHE STARTED WRITING DOWN THE LICENSE TAG NUMBERS.
I HAD A FRIEND WHO COULD RUN THE PLATES,
AND WE WOULD TRACK DOWN THE WOMEN
AND THEN EITHER CALL THEM OR PAY THEM A VISIT.
ON FEBRUARY 22nd,
THE THREE WOMEN HAD PHILIPPE SERVED WITH A COURT ORDER
FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE MANDATE WAS CLEAR.
DISCLOSE, USE PROTECTION, OR ABSTAIN.
AND HE HAD TO SIGN THAT DOCUMENT.
THERE WAS A CAR IN HIS DRIVEWAY THAT NIGHT
AND THE NEXT NIGHT AFTER THAT.
AND HE HAD NOT DISCLOSED, USED PROTECTION, OR REFRAINED
BECAUSE WE TALKED TO THOSE WOMEN.
AT THAT POINT, I BEGAN TO SEE THE EVIL,
AND IT REALLY STARTED TO FRIGHTEN ME.
THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNEW
THAT HE COULD BE KILLING THESE WOMEN.
HE WAS, AT THE MINIMUM,
CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY BY RECKLESS CONDUCT.
AS EVIDENCE AGAINST PHILIPPE MOUNTED,
DIANE REMEMBERED ANOTHER KEY DETAIL
THAT WOULD HELP SEAL HIS FATE...
THAT 2005 DOCTOR'S VISIT, OSTENSIBLY FOR KIDNEY STONES.
AND SOME LIGHT BULB WENT OFF IN MY HEAD,
AND I THOUGHT,
"COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT HE REALLY DID KNOW
"THAT HE WAS H.I.V.-POSITIVE THAT DAY?
COULD THAT REALLY BE POSSIBLE?"
DIANE IMMEDIATELY INFORMED THE POLICE,
WHO SUBPOENAED PHILIPPE'S TEST RESULTS.
THE MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATED
THAT HE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT HE WAS H.I.V.-POSITIVE.
IT WAS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN.
IN JULY 2007,
PHILIPPE WAS ARRESTED AT A TEXAS NIGHTCLUB.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS
OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
THE INDICTMENT ALLEGED A SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
BY TRANSMITTING THE H.I.V. VIRUS THROUGH BODILY FLUIDS,
WHICH WAS ALLEGED AS BEING THE DEADLY WEAPON.
IN MAY 2009,
SIX H.I.V.-POSITIVE WOMEN
TESTIFIED AGAINST PHILIPPE AT TRIAL.
WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ,
DIANE, SUSAN, AND MEGAN WERE ALL PRESENT.
WE STOOD AND HELD HANDS
AS THEY READ EACH GUILTY VERDICT.
SIX GUILTIES.
PHILIPPE WAS SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS FOR FIVE COUNTS.
HE RECEIVED 25 YEARS FOR ONE COUNT... DIANE'S.
PHILIPPE NEVER ADMITTED GUILT.
PHILIPPE TRIED TO BLAME EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR HIMSELF.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ANYBODY'S FAULT BUT HIS FAULT.
IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROAD FOR DIANE,
WHO HAD TO OVERCOME A MOUNTAIN OF HEALTH ISSUES
BECAUSE OF PHILIPPE'S BETRAYALS.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THE FIGHTER IN HER PREVAILED.
I'M DOING BETTER... NOT NORMAL,
BUT BETTER THAN WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED.
THE MEDICINE IS WONDERFUL.
IT KEEPS THE VIRUS FROM GROWING,
AND IT KEEPS YOU FROM FEELING SICK,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PILLS INVOLVED.
DIANE HAS COPED THROUGH ALL OF THIS
BECAUSE TO DO ANYTHING LESS IS NOT HOW DIANE IS.
SOMEBODY WITH FOUR DIFFERENT BLACK BELTS,
YOU KNOW, DOESN'T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.
TODAY, DIANE CAN STILL BE FOUND
AT HER MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY,
LIVING AND TEACHING A HARD-WON MESSAGE.
NO MATTER WHETHER LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN,
YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT BACK UP.
FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT.