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NFL: Alienation of Affection lawsuit

Mr Janny said:
A guy in North Carolina is suing NFL player Fletcher Cox for seducing his wife and breaking up his marriage.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...delphia-eagles-fletcher-cox-says-seduced-wife

Apparently, this is a thing in just a few states. You can totally be sued for screwing a married person. What a time to be alive!!
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So I looked up the statute and it requires a showing of a marriage of "genuine love and affection." Good luck proving that. Also, I would think it's not a strict liability crime, so you'd have to prove he knew she was married, and may even have to prove his intent was to destroy the marriage.
 
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Clonefan32 said:
So I looked up the statute and it requires a showing of a marriage of "genuine love and affection." Good luck proving that. Also, I would think it's not a strict liability crime, so you'd have to prove he knew she was married, and may even have to prove his intent was to destroy the marriage.
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I was looking it up as well. It's sort of complicated, but apparently it's not too difficult to prove because it appears that, at least in North Carolina, a lot of these suits are brought, and quite a few are successful. It requires "malicious" intent to break up the marriage, but that's not as high of a standard of proof as it sounds, because intercourse itself is considered proof of malicious intent.

It just seems so archaic. I realize there are some wacky, outdated laws on the books in some states, but I didn't realize that there were some that were still actively being enforced like this.
 
Saw another article on this story that had screenshots of their texts. Cox messaged her that he wants to get her pregnant. That always works out well for rich athletes!!!

Pro sports leagues should offer reversible vasectomies once you enter league that can only be reversed after 6 years. That can be the best financial move for quite a few players!!
 
Mr Janny said:
I was looking it up as well. It's sort of complicated, but apparently it's not too difficult to prove because it appears that, at least in North Carolina, a lot of these suits are brought, and quite a few are successful. It requires "malicious" intent to break up the marriage, but that's not as high of a standard of proof as it sounds, because intercourse itself is considered proof of malicious intent.

It just seems so archaic. I realize there are some wacky, outdated laws on the books in some states, but I didn't realize that there were some that were still actively being enforced like this.
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I've spent more time thinking about this than I should, but I suppose you can justify it under contract theory. You can sue for tortious interference with just about any other contract, so I suppose marriage could fall under the same umbrella.

I suppose under the Declaration of Independence we are all guaranteed the pursuit of happiness...
 
They ways that the infidelity can effect a persons life emotionally and financially due to the impending divorce,child custody and alimony it creates might make you think less of it being archaic. Just sayin.
 
kilroy said:
They ways that the infidelity can effect a persons life emotionally and financially due to the impending divorce,child custody and alimony it creates might make you think less of it being archaic. Just sayin.
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Cox didn't ruin the marriage, the wife did...
 
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