For those who don’t remember the Ron Mexico scandal, which at this point seems like just about everyone, allow us to give you a little background information. In 2005, a health care worker named Sonya Elliot filed a lawsuit against Vick claiming the NFL star gave her herpes in 2003. Of course, giving a person an STD isn’t really a crime. The world doesn’t have nearly enough prison space to enforce that kind of law. But with that said, if you know you have something, it’s just good form to let a person in on the secret before you go having unprotected sex with them. That’s where Michael Vick made his first mistake.
According to Elliot, when she confronted Vick about her herpes diagnoses, he admitted that he had the disease and knew about it prior to their encounter. But it gets worse. Elliot also claims that Vick visited several clinics to get tested for herpes using the alias Ron Mexico. As hilarious and fitting as that pseudonym is for a person getting a herpes test, there’s an inherent risk that comes with using a fake name as ridiculous as that. Specifically, you run the risk of humiliating the shit out of any dude who might happen to really be named Ron Mexico. In this case, the real Ron Mexico was an auto parts supplier who lived in Michigan. Needless to say, he wasn’t thrilled with all the unwanted attention the herpes scandal brought his way.
“I’ve been getting a ton of calls. People are asking me if I know him. I don’t, of course,” said Mexico, an auto parts supplier in Brighton, Michigan.
“How do you pull a name like that out of the air? Use Bob Smith or Jim Johnson; there’s 50 million of them. Out of all the names in the whole world, I wanna know how he picked this name out,” Mexico wondered.
Article Citation: The Smoking Jacket