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(Durham, North Carolina) A spurned wife has sued her husband's gay lover, accusing him of wooing away the woman's husband.
Pamela Lavone Putjenter alleged in a lawsuit filed in Durham Superior Court that Stephen Glenn Barefoot of Durham began to "willfully and intentionally seduce, entice and alienate the affections" of her husband in January 2002.
She said her husband, Ronald Joseph Putjenter, eventually admitted to the alleged affair. As a result, the couple separated in March 2004, said the lawsuit, which seeks compensatory and punitive damages of at least $10,000 each.
North Carolina is one of a handful of states that still allow scorned spouses to file lawsuits and collect money damages for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, the term used in civil lawsuits to refer to sexual intercourse between a defendant and the plaintiff's spouse.
Successful plaintiffs have won awards ranging from $1 to more than $1 million.
2 comments:
What do you think are her chances of recovering any damages?
Has anyone used this law in NC in the past and won? More than the cost to file and fight it?
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