



The former refers to a defendant’s “wrongful and malicious conduct”-i.e., initiating an affair-that disrupted a loving marital relationship. For now, though, let’s focus on the anachronisms under which Moore and about 200 other North Carolinians will likely be sued this year: alienation of affection and criminal conversation. “We are reaching the end of our divorce process and this is how he’s lashing out.”

“Our marriage was a nightmare, and since I left him it has gotten worse,” Jamie Lassiter told WBTV in a statement. On Tuesday, Moore told WBTV reporter Nick Ochsner that he and Jamie Lassiter were romantically involved, though he denied “all the salacious stuff.” He said their relationship began after the Lassiters separated-which Jamie Lassiter said happened years ago. Lassiter to engage in degrading sexual acts with him, including group sexual activity”-to potential abuses of power.įor example, Scott Lassiter-a Republican former Apex town council member-says his wife wouldn’t end the affair “for fear of retaliation,” that Moore dangled political favors to smooth things over after being confronted about the relationship, that Moore had sex “with others over whom he had power or influence,” and that Moore conspired with an unknown person (pictured below) to place spy cameras on the Lassiters’ property. The lawsuit is full of juicy allegations, from the salacious-Moore “convinced Mrs. On Sunday, Wake County Soil and Water District Supervisor Scott Lassiter filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Tim Moore of carrying on a years-long affair with his wife, Jamie Lassiter, the director of the North Carolina Conference of Clerks of Superior Court.
