Associated Press - November 20, 2009 12:54 PM ET

RUSKIN, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa Bay area woman sued her ex-boyfriend claiming he didn't tell her that he had genital herpes.

Kathy Croman, 57, filed the civil lawsuit on Nov. 2 in Hillsborough County Circuit Court against her ex-boyfriend Richard Tinker, who won $5 million in the Florida Lottery in 1994.

CromanÂ’s lawsuit says Tinker failed to tell her he had herpes until they had been intimate for several months, and that she was diagnosed with it in August 2007.

Tinker told Health News Florida that he was honest with Croman about his herpes before their relationship began.

Failing to disclose herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison.

The lawsuit doesn't disclose the amount of damages Croman is seeking.

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