Lawsuit alleges NC House speaker installed spy camera in mistress's home to intimidate her husband

The North Carolina Speaker of the House allegedly had an associate plant a camera near the home of a former employee with whom he allegedly had an affair.

A June lawsuit from Scott Lassiter alleges that Speaker Tim Moore engaged in an extramarital affair with his wife, Jamie Lassiter, for more than three years. 

Mrs. Lassiter was an employee of the state government at the time the affair allegedly began. The suit contends that Moore engaged in "an egregious abuse of power" by using his position to entice Mrs. Lassiter to participate in the affair.

"This was more than the ordinary dalliance of an unfaithful spouse and an unscrupulous paramour," the suit adds. Rather, Moore's conduct "revealed a perverse form of symbiosis in which he persuaded her to engage in degrading acts to satisfy his desires," with the understanding that he would support action favoring the North Carolina Conference of Clerks of Superior Court, which Mrs. Lassiter represented.

The Lassiters separated in January of this year as a result of the alleged affair. Mr. Lassiter confronted Moore about the affair in 2022 and the suit contends that Moore admitted to it at the time.

The suit also names a second defendant, whom Mr. Lassiter alleges trespassed upon his property to "place a motion-activated camera" on his property to "capture photos and videos" that Moore could "use to persuade [Mr. Lassiter] not to pursue any of the valid legal claims against him."

That individual remains unidentified, though Mr. Lassiter says he caught him on camera attempting to recover the one he allegedly planted.

"John Doe is currently an unidentified defendant.  We would like to identify him as soon as possible so that he can be named and served in Mr. Lassiter's pending civil action," his attorney told the Daily Mail.

 Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.