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Cynthia Shackelford, 60, used a little-known law in her native state of North Carolina to bring a suit against Anne Lundquist, the lover whom she claims wrecked her 33-year marriage to husband Allan.

Lundquist was charged with “alienation of affections” – or interfering in a marriage – in one of the few American states that allow someone to sue over such a clause.

She was ordered to pay the $9 million in damages to Shackelford by a court in Greensboro, N.C., last week.

“I had not a clue that Allan would wander,” Shackelford told local newspaper the Greensboro News & Record. “He kept telling me ‘Oh, she’s just a friend. There’s no affair. I love you.’”

The spurned spouse, who gave up her teaching career to look after her former husband and their two children, said she hoped the ruling would deter other would-be mistresses of married men.

“We would like for people to respect the sanctity of marriage,” Shackelford said.

“We wanted a number high enough that it would keep other people from … going after other married spouses.”

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