North Carolina GOP House speaker 'engaged in group sex with people seeking political favor': lawsuit

The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is being accused of using his position to secure sexual favors.

As WSOC-TV reports, a new lawsuit filed by former Apex City Councilman Scott Riley Lassiter claims that North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore had an affair with Lassiter's wife, Jamie Liles Lassiter, "despite knowing that she was married to Plaintiff."

When Lassiter confronted his wife about this, she confessed to the affair and said that she feared ending it would anger Moore, whom she feared would try to put her out of a job.

The couple have since separated and are in the process of getting a divorce.

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In addition to the alleged affair with Lassiter's wife, the lawsuit also says that Moore "engaged in group sex with other people seeking political favor," writes WSOC-TV.

An attorney representing Moore denied the accusations and felt confident that a full court hearing would refute Lassiter's charges.

"I look forward to meeting Mr. Lassiter in the courtroom," they said. "We are confident the Speaker will be vindicated."

Jamie Liles Lassiter also denied the allegations and accused her estranged husband of highlighting it in the lawsuit as an act of revenge for their impending divorce.

"Our marriage was a nightmare, and since I left him it has gotten worse," she said. "We are reaching the end of our divorce process and this is how he’s lashing out.”