Lawsuit alleging N.C. House speaker ruined marriage has been resolved, attorneys say

RALEIGH, N.C. — Litigation filed by a North Carolina native elected official alleging House Speaker Tim Moore’s ruined his marriage by having an affair together with his spouse is ending, attorneys mentioned on Monday, two weeks after a lawsuit was filed.

Lawyers for Scott Lassiter and Moore confirmed the decision in separate emails. They mentioned little or nothing extra when requested for particulars, comparable to whether or not the lawsuit filed in Wake County courtroom was being withdrawn or a settlement reached.

“We won’t be commenting on this matter further,” Moore legal professional Stacy Miller mentioned.

Lassiter’s lawsuit, which sought not less than $200,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, claimed that Moore “willfully interfered in the marital relationship” between Lassiter and his spouse, who leads an company inside the state courts system.

Moore, who’s divorced, publicly acknowledged having a “casual” relationship with Jamie Liles Lassiter however mentioned he believed it was acceptable as a result of she was separated. He mentioned different claims within the lawsuit have been fully false and vowed to file a counterclaim.

Jamie Lassiter wasn’t a defendant however known as the lawsuit “outrageous and defamatory” and mentioned her husband was “lashing out” on the finish of their divorce proceedings.

Lassiter, a former Apex city council member and present elected member of the little-known county soil and water conservation board, additionally alleged that Moore and one other unidentified man conspired just lately to put in a digicam exterior Lassiter’s suburban Raleigh dwelling. Moore, who like Lassiter is Republican, mentioned he employed nobody and didn’t know who the person was.

Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman mentioned individually Monday that “at this time, based on a review of the complaint filed in the civil action, there are not allegations that would give rise to a criminal investigation or prosecution.”

Moore, a lawyer, has represented a area simply west of Charlotte within the House for 20 years. He was elected speaker in 2015 and is now in his fifth two-year time period on the publish – a state document.

Lassiter sued partly underneath authorized claims allowed in North Carolina and some different states by which jilted spouses can search damages from a dishonest partner’s lover by alienation of affection and felony dialog – also referred to as adultery.

The lawsuit filed June 18 accused Moore of utilizing his place “to entice Plaintiff’s wife … to participate in an illicit relationship with him.” The Lassiters have been married in 2013.

Scott Lassiter, an assistant principal within the Wake County college system, contended that they separated in January.