North Carolina House Speaker sued for $200,000 over alleged extramarital affair
- North Carolina's state House speaker, Tim Moore, is being sued by a local elected official, Scott Lassiter, who alleges that Moore ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife.
- Lassiter claims Moore conspired with another man to install a camera outside Lassiter's home in suburban Raleigh.
- Moore rejects Lassiter's claims and calls the lawsuit "baseless."
- North Carolina allows "alienation of affection" lawsuits seeking damages from a cheating spouse's lover.
- Lassiter works as an assistant principal and serves on county soil and water board.