ShyGuyInChicago
February 13th, 2011, 09:31 PM
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Woman Wins $9 Million From Husband's Mistress
Updated: 16 days ago
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Mara Gay
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(March 23) -- It can pay to have an affair -- if you're an aggrieved spouse, that is.
A North Carolina woman won $9 million from her husband's mistress after a jury sided with her in court last week.
"My main message is to all those women out there who might have their eyes on some guy that is married -- to not come between anybody," the woman, Cynthia Shackelford, 60, said today on ABC's "Good Morning America." "It's not good to go in there. It hurts the children. My children are devastated. I'm devastated."
But unlike millions of other wives who have been cheated on, Shackelford, at least, is being compensated for her heartache.
She sued her husband's mistress, Anne Lundquist, 49, under North Carolina's "alienation of affection" law. According to ABC, Shackelford, a lawyer, told the court Lundquist broke up her marriage. Last week, a jury agreed and awarded Shackelford $5 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages.
Shackelford's husband, Allan Shackelford, maintains that he and his wife were separated before his affair with Lundquist. According to North Carolina's Greensboro News and Record, he faces contempt of court charges for not paying court-ordered spousal support.
Tina Schuchman, a family law attorney, said the North Carolina law is outdated. "It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous. And the trend is more and more toward shutting it down," she told CBS.
But Shackelford says Lundquist used "her luring ways" to go after her husband of 33 years.
"She's the one that came in between us as far as her luring ways. ... I had plenty of proof from e-mails, phone records, spending that she alienated him from me," Shackelford told CBS. "She used work and other ways to get in and get friendly with him, and it's like those Lifetime movies or whatever that you see. ... She just worked her way."
Lundquist is appealing the decision. She told the News and Record she doesn't have the money. "I'm so caught off-guard by everything," she said. "I don't have a lot of money."
Seven other states have similar laws regarding infidelity.
Personally, I feel that adultery is not the business of the government. However, if I could I would definitely sue my spouse's lover.
Woman Wins $9 Million From Husband's Mistress
Updated: 16 days ago
Print Text Size E-mail More
Mara Gay
Contributor
(March 23) -- It can pay to have an affair -- if you're an aggrieved spouse, that is.
A North Carolina woman won $9 million from her husband's mistress after a jury sided with her in court last week.
"My main message is to all those women out there who might have their eyes on some guy that is married -- to not come between anybody," the woman, Cynthia Shackelford, 60, said today on ABC's "Good Morning America." "It's not good to go in there. It hurts the children. My children are devastated. I'm devastated."
But unlike millions of other wives who have been cheated on, Shackelford, at least, is being compensated for her heartache.
She sued her husband's mistress, Anne Lundquist, 49, under North Carolina's "alienation of affection" law. According to ABC, Shackelford, a lawyer, told the court Lundquist broke up her marriage. Last week, a jury agreed and awarded Shackelford $5 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages.
Shackelford's husband, Allan Shackelford, maintains that he and his wife were separated before his affair with Lundquist. According to North Carolina's Greensboro News and Record, he faces contempt of court charges for not paying court-ordered spousal support.
Tina Schuchman, a family law attorney, said the North Carolina law is outdated. "It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous. And the trend is more and more toward shutting it down," she told CBS.
But Shackelford says Lundquist used "her luring ways" to go after her husband of 33 years.
"She's the one that came in between us as far as her luring ways. ... I had plenty of proof from e-mails, phone records, spending that she alienated him from me," Shackelford told CBS. "She used work and other ways to get in and get friendly with him, and it's like those Lifetime movies or whatever that you see. ... She just worked her way."
Lundquist is appealing the decision. She told the News and Record she doesn't have the money. "I'm so caught off-guard by everything," she said. "I don't have a lot of money."
Seven other states have similar laws regarding infidelity.
Personally, I feel that adultery is not the business of the government. However, if I could I would definitely sue my spouse's lover.