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Should you sue a cheater?

Should you sue a cheater?

Update: 2025-11-23
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On today’s show: if you cheat in your relationship, should your boss fire you? Is it possible to sue the person who cheated on you – and win? It feels like sometimes we forget that cheating isn’t really a crime punishable by law in the Western world anymore. But what happens if it’s turning into one?  


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Why Are We Still So Scandalized by Cheating? in The Cut


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Should you sue a cheater?

Should you sue a cheater?

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