Bond hearing held for man accused of giving his wife AIDS
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Background: Cleveland Brodie (far left) seated at the defense table during his bond hearing (WAGA); Inset: Brodie’s booking photo (Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office)

The bond hearing for a Georgia man accused of intentionally giving women the AIDS virus, including his late wife, got testy at times.

In his early 60s, Cleveland Brodie sat beside his lawyer at the defense table on Monday, anticipating whether his bond would be increased. The prosecution contended that Brodie should be denied bond, with several of Denise Brodie’s family members — who passed away shortly after being diagnosed with AIDS, allegedly contracted from Cleveland Brodie — providing testimonies in court.

The defense attorney had several objections.

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The local Fox affiliate, WAGA, was present to document the proceeding where the state maintained that Cleveland Brodie presented a threat to the community and urged the court to deny him bond. Denise Brodie’s daughter, Tammy Hammonds, addressed the court, expressing her family’s “grave concern for public safety.” She further accused Cleveland Brodie of exhibiting a “reckless disregard for the health and safety of others by allegedly knowing he had HIV and potentially exposing others without informing them.”

The defense attorney objected, saying that the indictment brought against his client was not evidence. The judge allowed the statement to continue.

The next to speak at the hearing was a victim-witness advocate from the Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office, who read a statement from one of Cleveland Brodie’s alleged victims.

Again, the defense attorney objected, saying that evidence had to come from the actual witness or else whatever the advocate said was just hearsay. It was explained by the prosecutor that the witness, an alleged victim named in the indictment, did not want to speak publicly. Again, the judge allowed the statement to continue.

Finally, Denise Brodie’s brother, Jimmie Suber, took the stand and stated that Cleveland Brodie was “a danger to women.” Cleveland Brodie’s defense attorney objected, saying, “He does not know that.”

Several times, Cleveland Brodie’s defense attorney claimed that Denise Brodie did not die of AIDS, but of different health complications. The state argued that those complications were due to AIDS, which Denise Brodie was diagnosed with two days before she died. On the stand, Suber told the defense attorney, “She died of AIDS.”

After Suber concluded his statement requesting that Cleveland Brodie be denied bond, the defense attorney piped up and said, “I have some questions.” Suber responded, “I have answers.”

What followed was an argument about how Cleveland Brodie was allegedly not just careless about his HIV, he was also allegedly careless about other infectious viruses and would reportedly not wear a mask to protect his cancer-surviving wife from COVID-19. As the argument devolved, the defense attorney asked Suber, “Do you know if they had sex?”

Suber responded that yes, he knew, to which the defense attorney responded by asking, “You were there when they had sex?” Suber responded that Cleveland Brodie once told him that he and Denise Brodie had not had sex for over a year. He added, “They”[d] been married for how many years, sir?”

The judge then stopped the heated exchange to deliver her decision — she raised Cleveland Brodie’s bond to $800,000, ordered him to continue taking prescribed HIV medication and disallowed him from having any sexual relationships while awaiting trial.

Cleveland Brodie has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him, including malice murder and felony murder.

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