Alienation of Affection: Litigation and the Treatment of Intimate Deception

Recently, in the state of North Carolina, a judge ordered a Tik Tok influencer to pay 1.75 million for destroying her manager’s marriage citing a common law tort called alienation of affection. Alienation of affection lawsuits are still legal in a few states, including Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah. On this episode of Lawyer 2 Lawyer, Craig joins Professor Jill Hasday from the University of Minnesota Law School, as they spotlight the tort of alienation of affection. Craig & Jill discuss litigation, states that recognize alienation of affection, and the law's treatment of intimate deception.

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Alienation of Affection: Litigation and the Treatment of Intimate Deception is an episode from Lawyer 2 Lawyer by Legal Talk Network.

This episode is 34:18 long.

This episode was published on Nov 21, 2025.

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