Complaint: Speaker Timmy a wife-stealer
It looks and sounds like the tubby little guy at the front of the House chamber is not in for a very good week. Break-ins and surveillance cameras? Holy Watergate! Sex on the side and on the down-low? Holy Slick Willie Clinton, Batman!
The honorable Speaker of the North Carolina House has landed himself smack in the middle of a Wake County couple’s divorce proceedings:
[…] NOW COMES the plaintiff, by and through his undersigned counsel of record, and complaining of the defendants, alleges and says as follows:
INTRODUCTION
This case results from an egregious abuse of power by the defendant, Timothy Keith Moore (“Defendant Tim Moore”), current Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who engaged in an adulterous extramarital affair with the wife of the plaintiff, Scott Riley Lassiter (“Plaintiff”), for more than three years. Defendant Tim Moore used his position as one of the most powerful elected officials in North Carolina to entice Plaintiff’s wife, Jamie Liles Lassiter (“Mrs. Lassiter”), a mid-level employee of the state government, to participate in an illicit relationship with him. This was more than the ordinary dalliance of an unfaithful spouse and an unscrupulous paramour. Defendant Tim Moore’s intentional conduct with Mrs. Lassiter revealed a perverse form of symbiosis in which he persuaded her to engage in degrading acts to satisfy his desires, recognizing that Mrs. Lassiter hoped her acquiescence to his demands would result in Defendant Tim Moore supporting favorable action for the organization she represents, the North Carolina Conference of Clerks of Superior Court (“NC Conference of Clerks”).[…]
“A perverse form of symbiosis”. “Degrading acts to satisfy his desires.” *By God, send this man to Congress!*
MORE:
[…] FACTUAL BACKGROUND
4. On June 1, 2013, Plaintiff was lawfully married to Mrs. Lassiter. Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter (collectively, the “Lassiters”) lived continuously together as husband and wife in North Carolina from June 1, 2013 until they separated from each other on or about January 11, 2023 as a result of Defendant Tim Moore’s adulterous extramarital relationship with Mrs. Lassiter. Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter met in college and had been in a relationship with each other for more than ten years at the time of their separation.
5. Defendant Tim Moore willfully interfered in the marital relationship between Mrs. Lassiter and Plaintiff while Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter were happily married and living together in Wake County, North Carolina.
6. At the time Defendant Tim Moore began pursuing a sexual relationship with Mrs. Lassiter, Defendant Tim Moore was aware that Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter were happily married to each other and living together. In support of this allegation, Plaintiff shows the Court as follows:
7. Beginning in 2019 and continuing through and beyond January 11, 2023, Defendant Tim Moore aggressively pursued a sexual relationship with Mrs. Lassiter, even though he knew that she was married to and living with Plaintiff.
8. Plaintiff discovered Defendant Tim Moore’s affair with Mrs. Lassiter on December 21, 2022.
9. After hearing persistent rumors about an inappropriate relationship between Defendant Tim Moore and Mrs. Lassiter, which Mrs. Lassiter had repeatedly denied, Plaintiff surveilled Mrs. Lassiter on the evening of December 21, 2022, the Wednesday before Christmas and the beginning of her holiday vacation from work. She had told Plaintiff that she was going to a movie with one of her female friends. Instead of going to a movie, Mrs. Lassiter went to dinner with Defendant Tim Moore at Sullivan’s Steakhouse in Raleigh, North Carolina. After dinner, Defendant Tim Moore drove Mrs. Lassiter, in the Lassiters’ car, to his residence in Raleigh, where they spent hours together and, upon information and belief, had sexual intercourse. A photo of Defendant Tim Moore and Mrs. Lassiter leaving Sullivan’s Steakhouse together at approximately 11:00 p.m. that evening is attached hereto as EXHIBIT C and incorporated by reference herein.
10. When Mrs. Lassiter returned home in the early morning hours of December 22, 2022, much later than she had told Plaintiff she would be out for the movie, Plaintiff confronted her about her relationship with Defendant Tim Moore. Mrs. Lassiter tearfully confessed that she had been involved in an extramarital affair with Defendant Tim Moore for more than three years, that she had engaged in sexual activity with Defendant Tim Moore (including group sex with other individuals seeking Defendant Tim Moore’s political favor), and that she feared ending the relationship with Defendant Tim Moore would result in losing her job.
11. Plaintiff insisted that Defendant Tim Moore meet with him so Plaintiff could confront him about the affair with Mrs. Lassiter. On December 26, 2022, Plaintiff and Defendant Tim Moore met at Biscuitville on Western Boulevard in Raleigh, North Carolina. When Plaintiff questioned Defendant Tim Moore, he admitted to having a multi-year sexual relationship with Mrs. Lassiter. Near the end of the meeting, Defendant Tim Moore asked Plaintiff “on a completely unrelated note” if there was anything he could do for Plaintiff, implying that he could use the power he held as Speaker in some way to benefit Plaintiff. Plaintiff angrily told Defendant Tim Moore that he did not want any political favors.
12. In the weeks following Plaintiff’s discovery of Defendant Tim Moore’s relationship with Mrs. Lassiter, the Lassiters attempted to work through the marital problems associated with Mrs. Lassiter’s infidelity, including participating in religious and therapeutic counseling. Mrs. Lassiter was adamant that she wanted to save their marriage but could not end her relationship with Defendant Tim Moore for fear of retaliation. Mrs. Lassiter implored Plaintiff to allow her to continue the relationship so her job, an at-will position that is statutorily created and directly funded by the North Carolina General Assembly, and the interests of the NC Conference of Clerks would not be adversely affected by Defendant Tim Moore’s anticipated displeasure over a potential breakup.Mrs. Lassiter begged Plaintiff to understand that she had “gotten [herself] into something [she] couldn’t get out of,” referring to her relationship with Defendant Tim Moore. Plaintiff told Mrs. Lassiter that they could not remain married unless she ended her relationship with Defendant Tim Moore. Because Mrs. Lassiter said she was uncomfortable extricating herself from that relationship, Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter separated on January 11, 2023.
One former speaker did his, um, “business” in a pancake place. This one, apparently, prefers biscuits.
Let’s skip down to the meat and potatoes in this complaint:
FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Criminal Conversation)
13. Paragraphs 1 through 12 above are hereby realleged and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
14. Upon information and belief, beginning in or around 2019 and continuing through and beyond January 11, 2023, Defendant and Mrs. Lassiter were physically intimate, including kissing, having sexual intercourse, and engaging in other forms of sexual contact in North Carolina on multiple occasions at locations that include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Defendant Tim Moore’s condominium in the PNC tower, located at 3301 Fayetteville Street, Unit 3305, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601; and
- Defendant Tim Moore’s condominium, located at 700 Bishops Park Drive, Unit 106, Raleigh, North Carolina 27605.
15. Between 2019 and January 11, 2023, Defendant knowingly and willfully engaged in sexual intercourse with Mrs. Lassiter in North Carolina while Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter were lawfully married and not separated.
16. Plaintiff has been injured by Defendant Tim Moore’s adulterous extramarital relationship with Mrs. Lassiter. Plaintiff’s damages include, but are not limited to, the loss of support and companionship of Mrs. Lassiter, humiliation, injury to his reputation, and mental anguish resulting from the destruction of his marriage.
17. Plaintiff has been damaged by Defendant Tim Moore’s adulterous extramarital relationship with Mrs. Lassiter in an amount in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).
SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Alienation of Affections)
18. Paragraphs 1 through 17 above are hereby realleged and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
19. Prior to Defendant Tim Moore’s extramarital relationship with Mrs. Lassiter, Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter were happily married and genuine love and affection existed between them.
20. Upon information and belief, Defendant Tim Moore committed the following acts in North Carolina during the time period from 2019 through January 11, 2023, which acts were designed to alienate Mrs. Lassiter from Plaintiff:
21. Defendant Tim Moore’s wrongful and malicious acts deprived Plaintiff of Mrs. Lassiter’s love, society, companionship, and consortium and proximately caused the marital separation of Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter.
22. As a result of Defendant Tim Moore’s wrongful and malicious actions, the genuine love and affection that existed between Plaintiff and Mrs. Lassiter was alienated and destroyed.
23. Plaintiff has been injured by Defendant Tim Moore’s wrongful and malicious acts, which resulted in the destruction of his marriage to Mrs. Lassiter.
[…]
THIRD CLAIM (Civil Conspiracy)
[…] 26. Upon information and belief, a conspiracy existed between Defendant Tim Moore and Defendant John Doe to commit wrongful, malicious acts to interfere with Plaintiff’s rights to exclusive use, possession, and control of his real and personal property and to intrude upon Plaintiff’s seclusion as set out below in paragraphs 32 through 51.
27. Upon information and belief, Defendant Tim Moore and Defendant John Doe had an agreement to engage in unlawful actions. Upon information and belief, Defendants agreed on a course of action to interfere with and intimidate Plaintiff to prevent him from pursuing his valid legal claims against Defendant Tim Moore.
28. Upon information and belief, Defendant Tim Moore, either personally or through an agent authorized to act on his behalf, requested that Defendant John Doe unlawfully enter upon Plaintiff’s real property and place a motion-activated camera on Plaintiff’s the property to capture photos and videos of Plaintiff that Defendant Tim Moore could use to persuade Plaintiff not to pursue any of the valid legal claims against him.
29. In furtherance of Defendants’ agreement to engage in unlawful actions against Plaintiff as set out herein below, Defendant John Doe trespassed upon Plaintiff’s real property on multiple occasions, intruded upon Plaintiff’s seclusion, trespassed upon Plaintiff’s personal property, and converted Plaintiff’s personal property to his own use.
[…
FOURTH CLAIM (Trespass to Real Property)
32. Paragraphs 1 through 31 above are hereby realleged and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
33. At all times since January 11, 2023, Plaintiff has resided at 209 Ronaldsby Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27511 (“209 Ronaldsby Drive”), a home that Plaintiff formerly shared with Mrs. Lassiter.
34. As the sole occupant of 209 Ronaldsby Drive, since January 11, 2023, Plaintiff has been entitled to exclusive possession, use, and control this property. Plaintiff has, and at all relevant times has had, either actual or constructive possession of 209 Ronaldsby Drive.
35. On multiple occasions, Defendant John Doe made unlawful and unauthorized entries upon the property located at 209 Ronaldsby Drive, including, but not limited to, the following:1. At approximately 3:18 a.m. on June 1, 2023, Defendant John Doe unlawfully and without authorization entered upon the property to surreptitiously install a motion- activated camera to capture photos and video recordings of Plaintiff without Plaintiff’s consent. Defendant John Doe installed the camera on a tree in Plaintiff’s yard at an angle facing Plaintiff’s house so that it could, upon information and belief, capture photos and video recordings of events inside and outside Plaintiff’s home.
- On June 4, 2023, Defendant John Doe unlawfully and without authorizationentered upon the property, went onto Plaintiff’s porch, and looked around
Plaintiff’s home without Plaintiff’s consent.
- At approximately 3:15 a.m. on June 7, 2023, Defendant John Doe unlawfully andwithout authorization entered upon the property to retrieve the camera that he had installed on the property on June 1, 2023. When Plaintiff discovered the camera on his property and saw Defendant John Doe installing it on his security camera footage, Plaintiff replaced the camera installed by John Doe with a similar one of his own (“Plaintiff’s Camera”), which was motion-activated and connected to Plaintiff’s wireless network such that it would capture photos and video recordings and save them to cloud storage. Defendant John Doe realized that the camera he installed on Plaintiff’s property had been replaced, attempted to destroy Plaintiff’s Camera, and then removed Plaintiff’s Camera from the property. A photo of Defendant John Doe taken by Plaintiff’s Camera on June 7, 2023 is attached hereto as EXHIBIT D and incorporated by reference herein.
[…] Defendant John Doe’s unauthorized entries upon Plaintiff’s property, particularly those that occurred in the middle of the night, are deeply unsettling.[…]
FIFTH CLAIM (Trespass to Personal Property)
[…]
39. Plaintiff has, and at all relevant times has had, actual or constructive possession of Plaintiff’s Camera.40. Without justification, authority, or lawful excuse, Defendant John Doe interfered with Plaintiff’s right to possession of Plaintiff’s Camera.
41. Plaintiff has attempted, through the Cary Police Department, to regain actual possession of Plaintiff’s Camera.
[…]
SIXTH CLAIM (Conversion)
[…]44. At the time Defendant John Doe came into actual possession of Plaintiff’s Camera, Plaintiff was the lawful owner of this property and was entitled to immediate possession of the property.
45. Defendant John Doe converted Plaintiff’s Camera to his own use. Defendant John Doe has excluded Plaintiff from exercising his rights of ownership over this property and has either retained, destroyed, or disposed of Plaintiff’s personal property without authorization.[…]
Ladies and gentlemen of the North Carolina House, THIS is your leader.
Scott is a great guy.
**** you Tim Moore.
You need to resign now.
You embarrassed us all with your shenanigans last week at state convention.
Sorry for the colorful language but its the only thing that fits.
Take berger, tillis and whatley with you
How much more of this crap can we take?
Thank you. Well said.
This smells. It smells like a husband who is secretly gay. It smells like a wife that isn’t into a gay husband. It smells like a gay guy being blackmailed to sue Tim Moore so that he doesn’t have his own Sodom uncovered. Thanks again “pride” community.
Is that you, Timmy? Or is it one of the gay boys on your staff? Always wondered why you employed people like that.
It smells like you have no idea what you’re talking about. Known them for years and there’s no gay bone in Scott. This is what frustrates me, why can’t a man be straight and his wife have an affair? So his wife cheated for three years and it must be his fault some how? Give me a break. He doesn’t deserve this. Also she’s claiming to WRAL that they’ve had a “signed separation agreement for years” which is interesting bc I was at the Christmas party at their house and got their Christmas card last December so I don’t get how the ‘years’ comment is possible. So if you’re taking the side of a corrupt speaker and a cheating spouse with these facts I don’t get it.
Thanks for clarifying and stating facts. Seems Moore has many willing to defend him and give him a pass.
I doubt any lawyer would have taken a case, filed a suit, with signed separation papers in-place?
She had a signed separation agreement for years? Maybe she needs to ask an attorney what constitutes “resumption of the marital relationship” under the law and what impact that has on a “signed separation agreement”. Hey, maybe she could ask Timmy. He is supposed to be an attorney. If not, maybe Whatley is handy. He is supposed to be one, too.
You never know what goes on between the walls of someone’s home. The Christmas card and Facebook pic can be fake
This smells like somebody making up a bunch of crap to justify his hatred of the gay community.
you are a piece of s—- Sergeant.
BS
I’ve seen a lot of circle-the-wagon-around- the- RINO routines; but sliming the supposed sexuality of this victim of extortion, stalking, criminal conversation, conspiracy, AND wanton alienation of affection is contemptible.
Please join me in calling out this type of victim-blaming by Moore and his goons (usually hiding behind pseudonyms) whenever you see it.
Are you familiar with the laws protecting citizens from slander. After that you should be.
Wow…. $25k?
I have no idea how to weed the crap out of the party except by closed primaries and term limits. and boiling tar and feathers. Does Tim take money from the gop pedo money bundler too?
$25,000 is the threshold for jurisdiction in North Carolina Superior Court. https://www.nccourts.gov/courts/superior-court Awards for alienation of affection by North Carolina courts are in the millions. https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/judge-awards-nc-man-88m-from-person-who-had-affair-with-his-wife/801408959/ and https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9270098/
Interesting. They had Kidwell step down for far less. He’ll fit in well up in DC where his friend McHenry can show him the best party spots on DuPont Circle with more exotic whore d’oeuvres than he can find in Raleigh.
He sounds like a mentally ill man, drunk on political power. All while they tell us NC is turning purple. It makes me want to puke.
Tim Moore is the new Marc Basnight. They have the obsession for personal power in common and also the constant hunt for sexual conquests. That is why Basnight left his wife sitting back home in Manteo when the legislature was in session. Anyone who was around the legislature during the Basnight era knew that the best way to get a favor from Basnight was to set him up with a woman. Of course, Basnight got away with it. No jilted husbands raised a stink. Timmy has not been as lucky, it seems.
Republicans in office are making NC aBlue-purple State by being thoughtless and out of control. We have to have a two party system and I hope both sides in NC can figure out and do what’s best for the people of NC.
They made Kidwell resign as Assistant Majority Whip for an offhand remark under his breath that a church advocating abortion must be the Church of Satan that was overheard by an N&O reporter who made a big deal about it. They said someone in leadership should not be saying such things.
Well, Timmy, should someone at the lop of leadership be DOING those things that you have? I think not. Time to hand in your resignation, from the Speaker’s position AND your House seat. Begone with you, scoundrel!
And then their is Timmy’s law license. Will the NC State Bar let him get away with this behavior? I hope not.
And for a new Speaker? John Bell is an even worse special interest whore than Tim Moore. It is time for someone not part of the Tim Moore power clique. John Bell would just be Thom Tillis 3.0 Let’s break free from the poisonous Tillis mold.
All I can say to your statement is, “Amen!”
Wow, I didn’t realize they made Kidman resign for speaking the unpopular truth. If Moore gets away with this, then it is clear the NCGA loves what is evil, and hates what is good. What an upside government we have.
Just more internal implosion by NC’s gop leadership.
Yet, Conservatives can’t be elected and typically the ones with morals, standards, principles .
NC gop won’t stop until 2024 is completely lost from top to bottom.
I want everyone to know that I never supported Tim Moore for Speaker when we voted in caucus for a nominee for that position. When we met and chose our nominee for Speaker shortly after the 2020 election, his was the only name presented, and I was the only one to vote NO!, loud enough for everyone to hear. I voted for him on the floor because there was no other option; but it was always with deep regret. I was punished repeatedly by him because he knew that, and because I stood up to his corruption. Not only should he be removed from that position, he should resign from office and forget about running for Congress. Just as Thom Tillis was recently censured, so Tim Moore should be.
He may be suffering in his capacity for making sound moral judgments due to encroaching spike protein-induced dementia, brought on by the poison jabs he will do nothing to curtail for all of us in this state. Mum’s the word on this, however, and this comment will probably be censored, as too many others are making sweet profits from these pecuniary arrangements as well. The condign visitation of JUSTICE arrives sooner for some, but others of you should take note. Continue to ignore this and it will be soon arrived …”lying at your door” as well.
I was in the state legislative building one time in the summer of 2021. I saw your office – the size of a broom closet on the same floor as the Dems, wasn’t it?
I was like – wow, what’s up with this?
Response from grassroots activists – oh, Tim Moore hates him. This is what retaliation looks like.
God Bless you, former NC House Member Larry Pittman. Someone should erect a statue in Cabarrus County in your image.
Thank you for the kind words, but I doubt any such effort to honor me would be appropriate. It would make me much happier if Tim’s Alma Mater would restore Silent Sam to his rightful place. One thing that bothers me a lot is that, while I refused to be intimidated into silence or to be pushed into abandoning conservative Christian principles or to support special interests over the best interests of our citizens, I saw other people I had thought were stalwart defenders of the people wilt and give in to Tim’s demands. Some folks have recently told me I need to return to the NC House because they say I at least stood up for what was right in the sight of God and in accordance with our Constitutions. I appreciate those sentiments, too. Serving God and protecting our citizens were always the entirety of my agenda. But presently, I am trying to move back home to Craven County, after being away for almost 47 years, so I can’t run for office in Cabarrus County again. What I will do if I ever get home remains to be seen. I may not run again, but I will be involved in the effort to have some of those wilting violets and tarnished former heroes in the NCGA replaced by true conservative warriors in any way I can. God bless.
I’m new to watching the Raleigh political scene and don’t respect any Chairs of the House committees, including my own Representative, because I believe they had to “kiss the ring” to get and stay where they are.
Does Tim control the Senators, too, is it a joint venture with Phil, or does Phil get to manhandle the Senators all by himself?
On another note – do the legislators have their own data analysts, or do they simply take Maj Dave’s unverified word on everything?
Yeah. I remember. Rep. Pittman’s office was right beside Rep. Speciale’s office. I remember thinking that these are our guys, not zombies for the establishment. Hartfelt thanks to both.
I dunno about this. Have you seen the woman? There’s no way a woman that looks like that would have an affair with a disgusting blob like Tim Moore. He would smush her!
Ugly guys with power get laid. Power trumps looks. Pun intended.
The unchecked power of NC House ad Senate leaders in “safe” districts eventually makes them bored and restless for greater thrills. If the RINOs running our NCGA have any hope of hanging on to power, they need to authorize a term-limit amendment to the NC Constitution… not for federal offices… but for their own.
I concur strongly. North Carolina had a very long standing tradition of one term House speakers going back to the 19th century, which avoided a concentration of personal power in the hands of a Speaker, that was respected in the General Assembly until Carl Stewart decided he wanted a second term in 1979 to be able to run for statewide office as an incumbent Speaker in 1980, and got away with it. His successor, Liston Ramsey decided he wanted to be Speaker for Life, and was the first to really concentrate power in the Speaker’s office. That led to a rebellion by conservative Democrats who joined forces with Republicans and defeated Ramsey with Joe Mavretic in 1989.
Putting the one term Speaker tradition into the Constitution would be a great reform.
In the Senate, the long time brake on concentration of power was the division of leadership power between the Lieutenant Governor and the President Pro Tem. That ended when Republican Jim Gardner was elected Lt. Governor in 1988 and the Democrat Senate majority stripped the Lt. Governor’s office of all of the powers that were conferred in the Senate rules, which were most of them, and handed them to Marc Basnight as President Pro Tem. Even though we have had Republican hold both the Lieutenant Governor’s position and the Senate majority for over a decade, those powers have not been returned.
Republicans should really question why the General Assembly is still operating under the Liston Ramsey / Marc Basnight concepts of power politics. Aren’t we better than that?
This isn’t Tim Moore’s first rodeo. Someone should investigate his relationship with his former finance director (also married) now employed as a gaming lobbyist for Tom Apodaca. Her husband coincidently works for a gaming company. Wreaks of a payoff. The filth runs deep and this is just the first shoe to drop.
You are spot on with your comments. North Carolinian’s are so sick of this yet these skeeze balls continue to be elected. There is a disconnect there.
someone really need to make memes out of Exhibit B. That photo is lasting meme quality like “Hide the Pain Harold”
Man, this is gonna hit Tricia Cotham hard.
Right?! And may whatever prompted her sudden change of heart come to light soon.
he would fit in real well in DC under Tillis’ sheets.
Tim Moore needs to resign now. He has been no help to grassroots causes in education and parental rights. He was actively hurting the party even before this scandal broke. Disgusting.
And let’s be honest, a rendezvous at 42nd St or Sullivan’s aren’t exactly private. It’s the go-to places in Raleigh to see and be seen.
“By God, send this man to Congress!*
You crack me up.
Sadly, this behavior is fairly common in the capital. One former legislator told me it was like a frat house.
I didn’t really believe it at the time. I was a lot more naive back then.
There are rumors of other electeds doing the same in. Raleigh.
Tim Moore is a Disgusting excuse for NC Speaker of the House! He needs to be removed from office immediately! NC Republicans are having a hard time with trusting any of our so called “elected” offices.
The crazy scene at the Convention where Whatley Literally Stole the election. The Rules at the convention were skewed! Nothing was handled properly! The lack of election integrity in our own party! The level of corruption is INSANE! “We The People” Need to take back our party before it’s too late! Term Limits would keep most of this from happening!
Where is our Parental Bill of Rights?
THAT will cost ya ONE group session with the BIG GUY
I just thought I would throw that in there because I am quite sure everyone in Raleigh is reading this story.
So, if you are a member of the GA, please look and see what they did last year in VA and pass something similar in NC.
It is the right thing to do. You will be heros.
Term limits would actually make matters worse. Lame duck legislators are bad enough. Imagine if instead of being limited to doing mischief in the time between the election and leaving office, the unethical officials had their whole last term to sell favors.
By all means term limit leadership positions, to prevent a concentration of power, but let the people vote for the person they want to represent them. Taking power from the public does nothing to limit the power of government.
What is needed is an ability to recall legislators who forget what they promised.when running for office.
Remember, Dan Bishop was the only Congressman from NC who insisted on seeing bills, and letting the public see the bills, before they are voted on. The establishment wants to get rid of people like Dan and that’s why they and their media allies push term limits. (It is reportedly cheaper to buy a new seat than to buy an incumbent.) They also use term limits to lure people into putting the Bill of Rights at risk by calling for a limited Constitutional Convention. But I can’t find anything in Article 5 that permits limiting a Constitutional Convention. Our country and the Bill of Rights are under attack
I agree completely Fern. Where term limits are badly needed are in the leadership positions.
Recall would do a lot more for holding legislators feet to the fire than term limits.
Okay. Alright. Everyone needs to settle down. Duke Energy, Blue Cross, and big hospitals spent a lot of money on this guy. They need a few more sweetheart deals before he gets run out of leadership.
Fern, thank you for that comment. That particular knowledge needs to spread far and wide as a lot of the newcomers just don’t understand. Thanks again for this comment!!!
This isnt going anywhere. The records will get sealed and it will go away. Thats the way these things usually wind up.
I suspect that settling this case will be quite expensive for Timmy, but the cat is out of the bag..
I also wonder if even it settling it, he can keep the State Bar from getting into it.
What I am hearing from sources in Raleigh is that he is going to try to tough it out and stay put, but in doing so, he makes himself an albatross around the neck of Republican candidates, especially those for the legislature. It is time to put an end to Zippergate by ousting Timmy.
Very doubtful this goes away. Moore won’t survive this….
One thing that really stands out in the verified complaint is the comment by Mrs. Lassiter that she would lose her job if she quit servicing Timmy. This smacks of the Basnight era when it was very well known that the way to get favors out of Basnight was set him up with women. I worked around the legislature in those days and that was something very well known then. If her job was dependant on servicing Timmy, that reeks of what Basnight used to do.
But it also raises another question. Moore has been leading the charge for lots of liberal agenda items that go completely contrary to the Republican platform. Why? Are liberal special interest groups perhaps providing him with women? Inquiring minds want to know. It was always assumed to be money, but it well have been other favors.
OR being blackmailed.
Same can be said in DC.
I truly believe many on Capitol Hill are being blackmailed.
Only in NC
So Jezebel is saying she and her long suffering husband have been separated for years?
Just a quick glance at public records shows that they are both registered to vote at the Ronaldsby Drive address, and they voted using that address in Nov. 2022. The marital home was purchased by both of them in 2015, and there doesn’t appear to be a deed from either one of them to the other. since then No recorded separation agreement either. Now an enterprising individual could make their way down to the Wake County Clerk of Court’s Office to see if a divorce proceeding was filed – you can look that up in any one of the 100 counties in the state – you have to be in the county to actually look at the filings though, if I remember correctly.
I don’t think we’ve gotten the whole story from Jezebel.
TIME TO CALL FOR TIM MOORE’S COMPLETE FORENSIC AUDIT ON HOW OUR TAX $$$$$$$ WERE SPENT !!!
It seems like the leadership set the bar pretty darn low for what offenses justified forcing a member to resign from a leadership position when they recently forced Rep. Kidwell to resign as Assistant Majority Whip for a comment under his breath at the coffee machine that a church advocating abortion was a “church of Satan”. Those responsible for forcing Kidwell’s resignation over that remark included three with aspirations to be Speaker themselves, John Bell, Jason Saine, and Destin Hall. Every Republican I have heard comment on that action on Kidwell has said Kidwell did nothing wrong and often remarked that they themselves might have made a similar statement.
Now Bell, Saine, and Hall have some ‘splainin’ to do. Why are they not taking action to demand that Tim Moore resign as Spaeker? Isn’t sexually preying on a young married woman whose job depends on good relations with legislators far worse than Kidwell’s comment? Isn’t suggesting using the powers of the speakership to try to compensate an aggrieved husband far worse than anything Kidwell said? If Bell, Saine, and Hall cannot or will not comprehend that, then they are themselves totally unfit for the positions they now hold, much less the Speaker’s chair.
Just want to point out that there is absolutely NO MERIT to the claim that Tim Moore used his position to leverage this woman into a relationship with him. If such a relationship did occur, it was ALL based on his stunning physique and charm!
It’s perfectly normal for a female State employee’s salary to increase by about $50K over 4 years. Perfectly normal. Nothing to see here.
Her salary history: 2018 – $73,756.02; 2019 – $82,863.68; 2020 – $91,125.00; 2021 – $101,974.77; and 2022 – $122,707.00.
No way an extra $50K and other favors from the NC Speaker of the House factored into her decision. It’s common for a woman like that to be attracted to a guy like Tim. Happens all the time. He’s got power, brains, good looks, bigger boobs than her…what’s not to love?
ThIs guy is right. They were probably just out in a not consistent manner shopping for bras together and trying them on at his house. Bras aren’t cheap!