Lawsuit alleges affair between North Carolina House Speaker and local official's wife.
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North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is being sued by a local elected official, Scott Lassiter, who claims that Moore ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife. Lassiter is seeking at least $200,000 in damages against Moore and another unidentified man. Moore has rejected Lassiter's claims and called the lawsuit "baseless." North Carolina is one of a handful of states that still allow lawsuits by jilted spouses seeking damages from a cheating spouse's lover under claims of alienation of affection and criminal conversation.
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