Man says NC senator ruined his marriage
NOW HEADED TO COURT.
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>>> FIRST, A SCANDAL ON JOHN
STREET INVOLVING THE TOP NORTH
CAROLINA SENATOR BEING SUED BY
HIS ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M GERALD OWENS.
>> I'M KATHRYN BROWN, THE
ALLEGED MISUSE OF OFFICE
REVOLVING REPUBLICAN SENATOR
RICK GUNN.
THE LAWSUIT IS GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION ON pugongyingbo.com.
>> Reporter: EIGHT MONTHS AFTER
ANNOUNCING THAT HE WOULD NOT
SEEK REELECTION, HE TWEETED OUT
THIS MESSAGE, WHAT A RIOT, HE
SAID IN AN HONOR TO SERVE THESE
LAST 10 YEARS.
ASSIGNED THE TWEET, SENATOR FUN
GUN, A NICKNAME HE EARNED FOR
LOOSENING THE STATE ALCOHOL AND
GAMBLING RESTRICTIONS.
BUT DON'S PHONE WENT TOO FAR.
>> IT'S FUN FOR A WHILE, BUT
WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING SOMEONE'S
LIFE, MY FAMILY, MY BOYS ARE
USED TO HAVING A FAMILY AND
DOING THINGS TOGETHER.
IT'S NOT FUN.
>> Reporter: JOHN FILED THIS
EIGHT PAGE LAWSUIT ACCUSING HIM
OF STEALING THE LOVE OF HIS
WIFE.
YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN HAVING AN
AFFAIR WITH SENATOR RICK GUNN
SENSE 2016?
AT LEAST?
>> I THINK IN 2016, THERE WAS
NOTICEABLE CHANGES.
>> Reporter: IS SOON-TO-BE EX-
WIFE IS GUNS LEGISLATIVE
ASSISTANT.
IN AN INTERVIEW, GUNN CALLED
THE LAWSUIT BASELESS AND
HURTFUL.
HE DISAGREES WITH THE
OBLIGATIONS AND THAT.
HE DECLINED TO COMMENT FURTHER.
>> IT BECAME CLEAR THE TIME YOU
WERE SPENDING WITH HIM WAS NOT
WHERE?
IT WAS WEIRD, IT WAS STRANGE.
>> YOU GOT A VIBE THAT THERE
WAS MORE GOING ON?
JOHN'S CLAIMS IN THE SUIT THAT
HE MAY HAVE USED HIS INFLUENCE
TO EMBARRASS AND HUMILIATE HIM.
ONE DAY, UPSET AND LOOKING FOR
HIS WIFE, THIS EMAIL CIRCULATED
ASKING POLICE TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT, HE SAYS HE AND HIS
WIFE ARE GOING THROUGH A
DIVORCE AND THAT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE HAS BEEN PRESENT IN
THE RELATIONSHIP ALTHOUGH NO
PAPERWORK HAD BEEN FILED.
>> THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
SAYING TO PEOPLE, I AM LIKE
THIS DID NOT HAPPEN, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, IT'S LIKE EVEN THAT
STUFF, I AM LIKE NOW.
>> Reporter: NORTH CAROLINA AS
ONE OF FEW STATES THAT ALLOWS
GILDED PARTNERS TO FILE THIS
LAWSUIT FOR ALIENATION OF
AFFECTION, IT SIX $3 MILLION
FROM GUN, THE ASSETS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN SPLIT UP IN MY
DIVORCE.
EXPERIMENT THE LAWS ARE THE
LAWS HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
ITS HALF-AND-HALF.
I THINK SHE GOT THE BETTER HALF
UNFORTUNATELY BUT IT IS WHAT IT
IS.