A longtime NASCAR driver has been ordered by a courtroom to pay $850,000 over an alleged affair with a married man.
Jennifer Jo Cobb, 53, was sued by Tracey Hughes, who accused her of sparking the top of her marriage to her husband of 17 years, Clayton Odie Hughes, in 2020.
A North Carolina jury sided with Hughes on Thursday and ordered Cobb to pay $50,000 for alienation of affection and $800,000 for prison dialog.
Cobb, a longtime NASCAR truck driver who final raced in 2024, was sued by Hughes on January 5 of that 12 months over the alleged affair.
Hughes’ grievance, seen by the Each day Mail, claimed that Cobb ‘willfully, deliberately, and intentionally seduced, enticed, and alienated the affections’ of her husband.
This allegedly went on for a number of months till the couple separated in January 2021, in line with the authorized submitting.
Hughes stated she had been fortunately married till Cobb entered the fray.
The heartbroken divorcee alleged in her grievance that Cobb referred to as and texted her husband whereas touring to races, and arrange secret conferences for intercourse.
A feminine NASCAR driver has been ordered by a courtroom to pay $850,000 after she was allegedly concerned in an affair. Jennifer Jo Cobb (pictured), 53, was sued by Tracey Hughes, who accused her of sparking the top of her marriage to her husband of 17 years in 2020
A North Carolina jury sided with Hughes final week and ordered Cobb (pictured) to pay $50,000 for alienation of affection and $800,000 for prison dialog
Hughes said that she ‘suffered the lack of assist, damage to [her] emotions and repute, and had her conjugal relationship destroyed’ by the alleged affair.
She sought damages in extra of $25,000 for each the alienation of affection and prison dialog claims, together with $25,000 in punitive damages.
In civil regulation, a abandoned partner can declare damages for alienation of affection if they’ll show a 3rd social gathering deliberately destroyed the love and affection of their marriage.
They need to present that that they had a loving marriage earlier than the interference, and that this was taken away by the actions of the third social gathering.
Legal dialog can be a civil tort moderately than against the law, regardless of its identify, which permits an individual to sue any individual for having sexual relations with their partner whereas their marriage remains to be in tact.
A jury returned a verdict in Hughes’ favor on September 24 in Davidson County, and awarded her $850,000 – rather more than she bargained for.
Cobb (pictured), a longtime NASCAR truck driver who final raced in 2024, was sued by Hughes two years in the past over the alleged affair
Cobb’s two-decade-long NASCAR profession started in 2004 and her final race was 2024. Her #10 Fastener Provide Firm Chevrolet is pictured as she competed in a race April 2021
Cobb, from Kansas Metropolis, additionally had a husband.
She married Eddie Troconis, one other NASCAR driver and her group member, in what she described as a ‘fairy story marriage ceremony’ in 2015.
It is unclear whether or not they separated earlier than or after the alleged affair with Hughes.
Cobb’s two-decade-long NASCAR profession started in 2004 and her final race was 2024.
She owned her personal group – Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing – alongside being a racing driver herself, specializing in inventory automobile competitions.
Cobb beforehand starred within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection, ARCA Menards Collection and NASCAR Whelen Euro Collection.
The Each day Mail has contacted Cobb for touch upon the civil lawsuit and alleged affair.
