A TikTok personality from North Carolina has been ordered to pay $1.75 million after her manager's wife sued her for having an affair with her husband.
Brenay Kennard, who has 2.9 million followers on TikTok and 274,000 on Instagram, was sued in May 2024 by Akira Montague. The lawsuit alleged that Kennard was sleeping with Akira's husband, Tim Montague, and had engaged in behaviour designed to seduce him. It also claimed that she flaunted the affair in public and private, leading Tim to leave his wife and children.
Kennard was sued under two legal claims: alienation of affection, which allows someone to sue for breaking up a marriage, and criminal conversation, which permits a spouse to sue another for having sexual relations with their partner. North Carolina is one of the few states that allows such lawsuits.
On November 10, a jury found Kennard liable on both counts. She was ordered to pay $1.5 million for alienation of affection and $250,000 for criminal conversation. She does not face any criminal charges.
After the verdict, Kennard insisted that Akira had consented to the affair and knew her marriage was ending. She said, "She gave her consent. She said it was okay because she knew her marriage was over with, and it was done." Akira's lawyer, Robonetta Jones, said her client had received justice. "She has received justice from losing her husband and the father of her children," Jones said.
