The lawyer who represented Akira Montague in her suit against the TikTok star speaks to ESSENCE about the ins and outs of the ...

GRAHAM — Marriage is complicated in America: a sacred institution and a bond entered into with little more than two signatures, and a ceremony sometimes broken in a matter of months in what is almost ...

Brenay Kennard, who has 3 million followers on TikTok, represents herself in Durham County Superior Court as the defendant in an alienation of affection lawsuit on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Akira ...

Alienation of affection is actually a carryover from British common law. It dates back to when men bascially owned their wives like a piece of property. Since 1989, lawyers in North Carolina have been ...

Content creator Brenay Kennard is representing herself in an alienation of affection lawsuit filed by her husband's ex-wife, Akira Montague. Akira initially filed the case with the Durham County ...

NFL star Steve Smith Sr. is facing an alienation of affection lawsuit following allegations he had an affair with a married man’s wife. What does that mean? North Carolina is one of the few states ...

In most states, the biggest risk for hanky-panky with someone’s spouse is a sock on the jaw and society’s disapproving eye. But North Carolina, along with five other states nationwide, still has laws ...

Many attorneys say the "alienation of affection" law is archaic and should be taken off the books. Others say it protects the sanctity of marriage. Other WRAL Top Stories George Berg spends a lot of ...

In most states, carrying on with somebody’s spouse runs the risk of a knuckle sandwich and a stern tsk tsk. But in North Carolina, philandering with the legally wed carries the additional danger of a ...

File photo of Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland — speaker of the North Carolina House — in his office at the NCGA. An alienation of affection lawsuit filed this week against Rep. Tim Moore — North ...