Overview
- After roughly 1 hour and 50 minutes of deliberation on Nov. 10, a Durham County jury found Kennard liable for alienation of affection and criminal conversation.
- The court ordered $1.5 million for alienation of affection and $250,000 for criminal conversation, totaling $1.75 million to plaintiff Akira Montague.
- Akira sued in May 2024, alleging Kennard had an affair with her then-husband, manager Timothy Montague, and highlighted social media posts and public behavior as evidence.
- Kennard represented herself at trial and denied causing the breakup, later calling the verdict outrageous and disputing the claims; no appeal has been reported.
- Testimony underscored competing narratives, with Timothy Montague saying the marriage had effectively ended by 2021 and filings noting he later left his wife for Kennard.