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Well, isn’t this something…
WRAL reports that NC House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) is being sued by a former Apex Town Council member for having an affair with his wife.
On Sunday (June 18), Scott Lassiter, now an assistant principal for Wake County Public Schools, filed a lawsuit against Moore. He says that Moore’s three-year relationship with Lassiter’s wife, Jamie Liles Lassiter, resulted in the “destruction” of his marriage.
North Carolina is one of a few states with an “alienation of affection” law. The law allows spouses to sue someone for interfering in their marriage.
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In the lawsuit, Lassiter says that “Moore used his position as one of the most powerful elected officials in North Carolina to entice Plaintiff’s wife, a mid-level employee of the state government, to participate in an illicit relationship with him.”
The lawsuit includes a photo of Moore and Liles Lassiter walking together near Sullivan’s Steakhouse in Raleigh on Dec. 21. Lassiter claims that he confronted Moore and his wife on Dec. 26 at a Biscuitville restaurant on Western Blvd. There, the lawsuit claims, Moore acknowledged the relationship.
While Lassiter says that the couple separated in January, his wife told WRAL that the couple signed a separation document “years” ago.
Either way, Lassiter is now seeking more than $25,000 in damages.
Read more HERE.
