week before, prompting the remaining trio to re-arrange their set at the last minute. In September 2010, after months of speculation, the singer announced via MySpace that she had quit the band for good, leaving No Angels as a trio. In her statement, Benaissa claimed she felt that she had become bigger than the group, stating: "The scandal, the trial – they were overwhelmed by it [...] They'll be fine without me." Also in September 2010, Benaissa released her biography Alles wird gut, written by Tinka Dippel. Personal life Benaissa gave birth to a daughter in 1999. Benaissa was diagnosed with HIV when she was 17 during a routine screening after she became pregnant. She was in a long-term relationship with Senegalese footballer of French citizenship Abdou Mbodji. Legal problems On 11 April 2009, Benaissa was arrested on suspicion of having had unprotected intercourse on several occasions in 2004 and 2006 without beforehand informing her partners that she was HIV-positive, allegedly infecting one partner with HIV. She was remanded into custody, after a judge ruled there was a danger she might repeat the alleged offence, but eventually released on 21 April 2009, subject to unnamed conditions. On 12 February 2010, she was charged with causing bodily harm, an offence carrying a sentence of six months to ten years imprisonment. On 16 August 2010, she admitted in court to having had unprotected sex without telling her partners she was HIV-positive, but denied deliberately causing any infection. Benaissa had unprotected sex with three men between 2000 and 2004. One of her partners became infected with HIV. The victim, her boyfriend, found out that Benaissa has HIV after speaking with her aunt. He later got tested and found that he had contracted the virus. On 26 August 2010, she was found guilty on one count of causing grievous bodily harm and two of attempted bodily harm and was given a two-year suspended sentence. Discography Studio albums Singles Appearances References External links Nadja Benaissa on Myspace 1982 births Living people Musicians from Frankfurt German women singers German people of Moroccan descent Place of birth missing (living people) German people of Serbian descent German soul singers People with HIV/AIDS Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Germany German women songwriters Criminal transmission of HIV No Angels members English-language singers from Germany Popstars winners