Bodge , if you went into court as a defence witness , youd have lost the case in your first 5 words.
However , i believe you mean Peter Deusberg , whose funding for cancer research was immediately removed for intimating such a statement and science wouldnt publish his papers for 25 yrs.
You can read all about what he says by googling this >
HIV-AIDS hypothesis out of touch with South African AIDS – A new perspective
Peter H. Duesberg a,*, Joshua M. Nicholson a, David Rasnick b, Christian Fiala c, Henry H. Bauer d,
" his papers were eventualy published on the subject in 2009.