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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) A judge says a Texas man's affair with a North Carolina man's wife should cost him nearly $9 million.
Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson awarded Keith King $8.8 million in compensatory and punitive damages Thursday from Francisco Huizar III.
King had sued Huizar for, among other complaints, criminal conversation and alienation of affection.
North Carolina is one of a few states in which jilted spouses can sue the spouse's paramour.
Leave her/him alone in if she/he is married in Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah.
The paramour, can get hit with a lawsuit that could cost him/her/it hundreds of thousands of dollars. You can be sued for "alienation of affection", when an "outsider" interferes in a marriage. The suits are allowed in seven states: Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah.
Attorney Joanne Foil says the affair and an alleged assault by Huizar cost King's company, BMX Stunt Shows, revenue and an employee, as his wife worked for the company.
Huizar's attorney, Cheri Patrick, says the Kings' marriage was damaged before Huizar met the wife at a BMX show.
Patrick says King was controlling and manipulative.
Huizar plans to appeal.
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What is criminal conversation?
This NC attorney discusses it in detail:
Alienation of Affection - Criminal Conversation in North Carolina
Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson awarded Keith King $8.8 million in compensatory and punitive damages Thursday from Francisco Huizar III.
King had sued Huizar for, among other complaints, criminal conversation and alienation of affection.
North Carolina is one of a few states in which jilted spouses can sue the spouse's paramour.
Leave her/him alone in if she/he is married in Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah.
The paramour, can get hit with a lawsuit that could cost him/her/it hundreds of thousands of dollars. You can be sued for "alienation of affection", when an "outsider" interferes in a marriage. The suits are allowed in seven states: Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah.
Attorney Joanne Foil says the affair and an alleged assault by Huizar cost King's company, BMX Stunt Shows, revenue and an employee, as his wife worked for the company.
Huizar's attorney, Cheri Patrick, says the Kings' marriage was damaged before Huizar met the wife at a BMX show.
Patrick says King was controlling and manipulative.
Huizar plans to appeal.
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What is criminal conversation?
This NC attorney discusses it in detail:
Alienation of Affection - Criminal Conversation in North Carolina
