In Some States You Can Sue Your Husband’s Mistress

A recent million-dollar lawsuit could have Michelle (Bombshell) McGee and Tiger Woods’ horde of alleged mistresses fearing jilted wives out for revenge.

A woman in North Carolina won a lawsuit last week filed against her husband’s alleged lover, and the jury awarded her $9 million.

Cynthia Shackelford, 60, used an obscure “alienation of affection” action found in only a handful of states to sue Anne Lunquiest, 49, for ruining her marriage, according to the Greensboro News & Record.

“I really loved him, and I really thought he loved me,” she told the North Carolina paper.

In the lawsuit, Shackelford said she and her husband, Allan Shackelford, were still very much in love when he and Lunquiest allegedly began their affair.

The Shackelfords separated in 2005, but according to court documents, their divorce has not been finalized, the News & Record reports.

Lundquist, who now lives in Aurora, N.Y., plans to appeal the verdict.

“I’m so caught off guard by everything,” Lundquist told the News & Record. “I don’t have a lot of money.”

Alienation of affection only exists in a few states, including Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico and Utah. In some places, plaintiffs are limited in how they can use it and it is often difficult to prove, but there have been several successful cases in the last few decades.

According to the Rosen Law Firm in North Carolina, in 1997 a woman was awarded $1.2 million in a similar case, while a jury granted a husband $243,000.