RALEIGH — A lawsuit against one of North Carolina’s top Republican leaders, House Speaker Tim Moore, claims he had a years-long affair with a married woman, using “his position as one of the most powerful elected officials” in the state to “entice” her into an “illicit relationship.”
“This was more than the ordinary dalliance of an unfaithful spouse and an unscrupulous paramour,” the lawsuit says.
Scott Lassiter, a former Apex councilman, is suing Moore and seeks more than $25,000 in damages. Among other claims, the suit accuses Moore of “alienation of affection.” North Carolina is one of a small number of states that allow spouses to sue people for wrecking marriages, The News & Observer previously reported.
