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"Sources connected with the mystery celebrity herpes lawsuit tell TMZ ... the lawyer for the person who allegedly contracted herpes during a Las Vegas romp has been negotiating a financial settlement with the celeb.&amp;#160; And, by the way, the incident DID NOT OCCUR ON APRIL 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/05/13/0513-las-herpes-money-ex.jpg\" alt=\"0513_las_herpes_money_ex\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sources say before the lawsuit was filed, attorney &lt;strong&gt;Keith Davidson&lt;/strong&gt; contacted the celebrity's rep and began negotiating a settlement, but the amount was \"way too low\" for the plaintiff.&amp;#160; We're told Davidson then decided to file the lawsuit \"as a warning shot across the bow.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the suit was filed, our sources say negotiations have continued and the celeb has upped the settlement ante, although the parties are still far apart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ broke the story ... Davidson filed the suit on behalf of an unnamed plaintiff, claiming the celeb -- also unnamed -- assured the plaintiff before having sex that he was herpes-free.&amp;#160; The suit claims the celeb gave the plaintiff herpes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now get this ... TMZ has learned the alleged sexual encounter occurred &lt;strong&gt;LONG BEFORE APRIL 1, 2011&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;#160; The suit claims the incident occurred \"on or before April 1.\"&amp;#160; We're told the actual incident occurred many months before April 1, but attorney Davidson intentionally put April 1 so reporters would not begin speculating who was in Vegas and who might be the culprit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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