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Associated Press - December 20, 1986
The establishment, Jessica's Nail Clinic, violated a year-old city ordinance intended to discourage businesses from denying employment, housing and services to people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, City Attorney Michael Jenkins said Friday.
The charge is a misdemeanor.
The person suffering from the deadly disease, Paul Jasperson, 35 years old, brought the complaint.
Mr. Jasperson maintained that his pedicure appointment at Jessica's on July 24 had been canceled after a manicurist overheard him tell a friend he had recently been diagnosed as suffering from AIDS. Mr. Jasperson, a hairdresser at another West Hollywood salon, said he tried to set later appointments but was told by the owner, Jessica Vartoughian, that none was available.
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