The trial of Rock Hudson

John Parker

There had never been a trial like it. It took place in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, beginning in December 1988, and it made Rock Hudson?s former lover, Marc Christian, an instant multi-millionaire. Hudson almost certainly had AIDS throughout their three-year relationship, but when the dreaded news was finally confirmed he deliberately withheld it from Christian. When Hudson died, Christian sued. The trial went ahead and the upshot was that Christian was initially awarded almost $23 million in damages. The Trial of Rock Hudson chronicles every day of that landmark trial and studies its impact on Hollywood, the homosexual community and AIDS suffereres themselves. It also supplies a fascinating insight into the legal system in the USA.