‘American Crime Story’ Fact Check: Did Gianni Versace Have AIDS?

(Some spoilers ahead for the second episode of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.”)

The second episode of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” goes ahead and delves into the single biggest point of contention between the Versace family and the book “Vulgar Favors” by Maureen Orth: the contention that Gianni Versace contracted HIV and was suffering from AIDS before he was murdered by Andrew Cunanan.

“Vulgar Favors” is the source material for the show, and so this particular detail was bound to come up sooner or later. And come up it does.