following their encounter the man grew concerned and contacted merithew again under a different screen name. this time merithew admitted to being hiv positive. >> then a couple days later the cops showed up at my door asking me questions about -- that's one thing i don't -- i mean, why would someone want to invite big brother and uncle sam into your sex life? >> the judge allowed his mother to bond him out under the condition he did not place more personal ads. six months later, he was back in jail. >> i had a full frontal nudity of myself as like my profile picture. and i went on a gay website to hook up. and they caught me. the judge upped my bond to like $300,000. >> though his victim later tested negative, merithew was convicted of sexual penetration wp an uninformed partner while being hiv positive and committing a crime with a computer. he is now awaiting sentencing. >> what do you think you did wrong? >> i don't think i did anything wrong. >> can you seriously say that?