After he became a hot young movie star, he began relying on the services of escorts, provided to him by his friend, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. There also were nights at the Playboy mansion and flings with men while high. During his very public flameout in 2011, he boasted about his tiger blood and two live-in girlfriends, who in turn told the New York Post about their big shared bed and triple-decker sex life.
The Sussex Beacon, a Brighton-based charity supporting those living with HIV, has announced it is set to become the UK's first-ever dedicated hospice for the queer community in Sussex.
In December 2023, his conviction for causing serious harm to two partners by intentionally or recklessly infecting them with HIV was quashed by the Supreme Court.
"I didn't physically take care of him, and I wasn't a nurse or anything like that, but I definitely helped, certainly after the accident. I helped organize and sort of focus Chris on a different set of priorities than he probably had before his accident."