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Today we're unpacking two insane cases that started on TikTok but ended up in court. First, a woman finds out that her marriage is over through a viral post and she uses a unique law to take back control of her life. Then the TikTok heard around the world after a female doordasher accuses a customer of sa, the scrutiny suddenly circles back to her. And after police look into the matter, she winds up in handcuffs. Let's dive in.
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Akira Montague of Durham claimed TikTok star Brene Kennard not only had an affair with her husband Tim Montague, but she flaunted that affair all over social media to Kennard's millions of followers. Akira now looking back at a dream deferred.
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Yeah, I was.
Deeply in love with that man, that I would do anything for him. I made sure that I put him first and I shouldn't have.
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Hi, welcome to Crime House Daily.
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I'm your host, Katie Ring. Here we follow the cases making headlines now where justice is still unfolding. Follow us wherever you're listening and if you want ad free episodes, subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts. This episode discusses active criminal cases and breaking news. The information we share is based on what's publicly available at the time of recording and may change as new evidence comes to light. We aim to inform, not to decide guilt or innocence. So everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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I didn't even know this was a thing until I saw this case on TikTok, but apparently in some states you can sue someone for having an affair with your husband or wife. In Today's case, a TikTok influencer has been court ordered to pay damages to the woman whose husband she had an illicit affair with. Early fans of Brene Canard might have watched cooking videos with her husband Devin, his cousin Tim, and Tim's wife Akira, but there was so much more going on behind the scenes that viewers couldn't see. Bernay started to get closer to Tim and pretty soon both marriages imploded. Bernay documented everything on her account, which turned out to be a huge mistake because all of those posts soon wound up being used as evidence in the lawsuit against her. Not only that, but when Brene lashed out at the news that Akira had filed the civil suit, she ended up facing criminal charges as well, which is still ongoing. As for Akira, she's picking up the pieces and moving on with her life. So how was the life Akira built ripped away from her? Lets get started. On October 20, 2018, Akira and Tim Montague got married and said till death do us part. But unfortunately things did not go as planned. The couple only stayed together for about five and a half years before a major betrayal tore them apart. During their marriage, they got a house in Durham, North Carolina and had two kids. It was what Akira had always wanted. She was raised to value family and loyalty, so starting a life with a man she was completely in love with meant everything to her. They were settling nicely into their new life as a family, and a few years after their wedding in 2021, they had even more to celebrate when Tim's cousin Devin Mayo got married as well. Not only were the two cousins super close, but Tim and Devin's new wife, Brene Kennard, also went way back. They'd actually dated in 2014 when they were still in high school, and now the two families were forming even closer ties because Tim, who was a sales manager, started representing Brene, who was a social media influen. Bernay had about 3 million followers across TikTok and Instagram and was known for her get ready with me and Spend the day with me videos as well as makeup and cooking tutorials. All four of them created content together for Brene's pages and they'd make videos of themselves cooking together and just generally having fun. The two couples spent a lot of time hanging out and the more they spent time together, the closer Akira and Brene got. Akira even started confiding in Brene about some of the hard times she and Tim had been through, including the fact that he'd once cheated on her while she was pregnant. It couldn't have been easy to open up about. But Akira really trusted Brene, who always listened intently. Really, anytime Akira talked about Tim, Brene was all ears. She took a genuine interest in Akira and Tim's life. But one day, Akira got suspicious that Brene had ulterior motives. Bernay started acting in really inappropriate ways around Tim. She'd wear short skirts and bend over in front of him and one time she even flicked her tongue ring at him. At the same time, she kept up her friendship with Akira and the whole situation was bizarre and confusing. And then Akira saw something that made her even more suspicious. A tick tock video of Brene and Tim. Just the two of them. The video was filmed at Akira and Tim's house, which was surprising because Akira had no idea they'd been planning to do that. Akira bit her tongue though, because By December of 2023, she learned why Brene may have been acting so weird. Apparently she and Devin were having problems. Things were so bad between them, Brene didn't even want to live in the same house as Devin. Since they didn't have any kids, it was relatively easy for them to take a break and get some space. And so that's what they decided to do. And that's when Brene asked Tim and Akira if she could stay with them. The couple agreed and Brene started crashing on their couch. After that, Brene and Tim kept posting more videos, just the two of them. Even though it still made Akira uncomfortable, there wasn't really anything she could do about it. She had a day job, so in a way it made sense that they'd keep making content while she was gone. Pretty soon though, Akira discovered something that shattered her world. She found messages between Tim and Brene that made it abundantly clear they were having an affair. Akira was absolutely devastated. Tim and their kids had always been her number one priority. And now she was faced with the harsh reality that he'd betrayed her again. And this time with someone close to them. For the next few months, things were a little messy because Brene was still living with them. And things only got worse when Bernay took the scandal to a whole new level.
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Influencers are a huge part of our culture these days, and when someone posts really relatable lifestyle content, it can feel like we actually know them. We get ready with them in the morning, take their career and parenting advice, and even spend our money on things they recommend. If we're not careful, our favorite influencers can basically take control of our lives. For Akira Montague, that was especially true in the worst way possible. In late 2023, Akira didn't just have a parasocial relationship with some influencer she'd never met. In real life, her own friend and cousin in law, Bernay Kennard, was destroying her marriage. Despite everything, Akira still tried to repair her relationship with her husband and asked if he could go to marriage counseling, but he refused. Then Akira finally realized her marriage had completely slipped away from her when Brene posted a scandalous confession on TikTok. In a video that's since been deleted, Brene straight up told her followers that she'd been sleeping with Tim. And that wasn't all. She described some of their sexual encounters in detail before saying something that completely broke Akira's heart that she couldn't wait to marry Tim and have kids with him. That was it for Akira. After months of heartbreak and torment, she and Tim finally separated in March of 2024. Tim and Brene got their own apartment and it seemed like they were ready to embark on their new life together. But Akira wasn't going to let them destroy her life any longer. In May of 2024, Akira filed a complaint against Brene, seeking $3.5 million in damages for alienation of affection and criminal conversation. Alienation of affection basically means the accused intentionally ruined the accuser's marriage, and criminal conversation means they slept with the accuser's spouse. North Carolina is one of just a handful of states where these kinds of laws exist. In states like California, which have no fault divorces, these claims aren't valid because you don't need any kind of wrongdoing to dissolve a marriage. And even though a lot of people think alienation of affection laws are antiquated, Akira used them to her advantage. There were three things she had to prove in her lawsuit one that she and Tim had been in a happy marriage, 2 that Brene actively worked to sabotage that happiness, and 3 that Brene successfully destroyed their marriage. This could have been really hard for Akira to prove if it weren't for the fact that Bernee had posted countless videos on social media showing the escalation of her and Tim's relationship before she finally admitted to a full on affair while Tim and Akira were still married. And here's something else important to note. These laws only allow someone to sue a third party, not their own spouse. Which personally I think is a little ridiculous because your spouse is the one who made the promise to you and is the one most responsible for stepping out on that promise in your relationship. But I digress. This meant that Akira's best path to retribution was going after Brene. Then, as she and her lawyer started preparing for the civil trial, Brene started damaging her own case even more. Brene started posting a ton of videos. Not just trash talking her, but threatening her life. She'd even show up places where she knew Akira was so she could taunt and harass her. In the midst of all of this, both couples divorces were finalized and Brene and Tim actually got married. But that wasn't enough for Brene, who kept harassing Akira. Finally, In September of 2025, Akira called the police on Brene, who was arrested and charged with cyber stalking. With just a couple months to go until their civil trial, bernee posted a $2,500 bond. Now, going into the trial, she'd have a major stain on her side of the story. Two months later, on November 3, 2025, everyone headed into the courtroom. And that's where Brene told a vastly different version of events than Akira had laid out in her suit. According to Brene, Akira knew that her and Tim's relationship was over anyway, so she gave Brene and Tim permission to start sleeping together. On a similar note, Tim told the jury he never loved Akira and that they were more like roommates. But Akira's lawyers presented over 700 pages of evidence to back up their claims, including pictures of Akira and Tim looking happy and in love while on vacation. And messages between them from January of 2024 before Akira and Tim separated, that were extremely sexual and referenced a sexual encounter from the night before. Still, the real bombshell testimony came when Devin took the stand.
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In November of 2025, Akira Montague provided mountains of evidence for her case against Brene Kenn.
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But what really sent shockwaves across the.
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Courtroom was when Brene's ex husband and Tim's cousin Devin took the stand. According to Devin, Brene and Tim started their affair long before either couple separated. Remember how Brene had moved in with Akira and Tim because she and Devin were apparently having problems? Apparently, Devin had overheard Brene and Tim talking about being together. And that's not all. He he also said he overheard them having sex in Bernay and Devin's home. After six days, it was obvious to the jury that Bernay had started an affair with Tim while he was still married. And on November 10, 2025, they found her guilty of criminal conversation and alienation of affection. She was ordered to pay Akira $1.75 million. And that's not even the end of the road for Brene, who's still facing the criminal cyber stalking case against her. She's scheduled to appear at the Durham District Court for a disposition hearing soon, so we'll keep you updated on how that goes. For now, Akira says she's planning to use the money from the civil suit to finish college and buy a house for her and her kids.
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This case is super interesting and I'm.
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Curious if we are going to see more of these in the future.
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Our next case today also went viral.
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On TikTok, leading to a major plot twist. On October 12, 2025, a 23 year old Doordasher named Olivia Henderson dropped food off at a customer's home and was met with an unwelcome sight. Olivia was so upset by the situation, she immediately posted a video on TikTok about what happened. But in the process, she violated the platform's term of use. Unfortunately, that was just the start of her troubles because authorities soon realized she'd broken even more serious rules. Olivia says she is extremely scarred from what happened, and on top of everything, she's now due in court in early December. This case is still unfolding and there's a lot of he said, she said. But it begins with Olivia's side of things, and here's how she tells it. On October 12, 2025, Olivia was out making DoorDash deliveries in Oswego, New York.
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She arrived at one customer's house where.
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The instructions said to leave the order at the front door. But when she got there, she was met with a major surprise. The front door was wide open and the lights were on, which was how Olivia was able to see straight inside the house, where the customer was sprawled out on the couch with his pants and underwear pulled down below his genitals. Olivia was immediately alarmed and distraught. The man appeared to be asleep and didn't react at all to her being there, but Olivia believed he had intentionally exposed himself like this. So then she pulled out her phone and recorded a video where she zoomed in on the man's nude bottom half. His genitals were completely visible. But that didn't stop Olivia from quickly posting the footage on TikTok, where it started going viral. Then the next morning, Olivia called the police to say that the man had essayed her. The as they started investigating, Olivia also reported the incident to DoorDash, who quickly banned the customer from their platform. This made sense to Olivia. What she didn't understand was why two days later, DoorDash banned her. Not only that, but the video she'd posted of the man kept getting taken down. That was because TikTok doesn't allow nudity on the platform, but Olivia didn't see it that way. She felt that TikTok was, quote, silencing her story. Once she realized the original video wouldn't stay up, Olivia started posting follow up videos to explain what was going on. In one of those videos, she accused Door Dash of punishing her for reporting an essay that occurred while she was on the job. Door dash responded on TikTok with a video saying they had a zero tolerance policy for SA and that they applauded Olivia for reporting the offense. However, they also said that Olivia violated their policies by posting a video of a customer in their home and publicly disclosing someone's personal details. Meanwhile, people who had seen the original video were commenting on Olivia's follow up posts and they pointed out a possible huge hole in her story. According to some users, Olivia's original video showed the customer's door cracked open when she arrived, not wide open like Olivia had said. Soon, some people were accusing her of pushing the door open, while others said people had screenshotted a part of the video to look like it was just cracked when it really was just the angle and the door was actually open. Law enforcement has yet to confirm what exactly happened, but they did quickly gain other pieces of insight about the events. First, the Oswego Police Department examined the footage and found no evidence of SA in their report, they said the customer was incapacitated and unconscious when Olivia arrived. Personally, I would not be surprised by a man seeing that a woman was delivering his food and leaving the door wide open on purpose to expose himself. But that's also something that should be reported directly to police and not posted on the Internet because you could get into legal trouble. And that seems to be what might happen here because if he was in fact unconscious and it was a mistake, then Olivia recorded him without his consent, which is not legal. On November 10, 2025, Olivia was arrested and charged with one count of first degree dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image and one count of second degree unlawful surveillance. These are both felony charges that can carry prison time. Olivia was released on bond and soon started posting more videos to say that DoorDash TikTok and the Oswego Police Department are punishing her as a victim. As of this recording, she's being represented by a public defender and her case proceeds.
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It's a tricky situation because when it.
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Comes to these kinds of cases, it can be so hard to prove what really happened. And in so many instances, victims aren't believed or aren't able to get the justice they deserve. So hopefully the truth comes out whether Olivia really is the victim here or or if it's the customer she allegedly recorded without his consent. We'll bring you all of the major updates to this case as they come in.
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Host: Katie Ring
Date: December 9, 2025
In this episode of Crime House Daily, host Katie Ring dives into two headline-grabbing legal cases that began on TikTok. The first centers around a high-profile “alienation of affection” lawsuit after a viral affair destroyed a marriage, with social media evidence playing a pivotal role. The second examines a DoorDash delivery gone wrong that sparked a viral accusation and led to criminal charges against the delivery driver. Both stories highlight the sometimes dangerous intersection of social media, public accusation, and the court system.
Affair Exposed via TikTok (03:02):
Marital Breakdown (04:40 – 10:53):
The Discovery and Fallout (10:53):
Lawsuit Filed
Escalation to Criminal Charges (10:53 & 15:00):
Trial Begins (17:04):
Devin’s Bombshell Testimony (17:13):
“Brene and Tim started their affair long before either couple separated… I overheard them talking about being together. I also overheard them having sex in my home.” (17:13–17:30, paraphrased)
Verdict (17:46):
Delivery Gone Wrong (18:26):
Chain of Events (19:22–21:00):
Police Investigation and Charges (21:00):
| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:47 | Episode main content begins | | 03:02 | Introduction to TikTok affair, explanation of alienation of affection laws | | 10:53 | Social media’s role in the affair, Akira’s confrontation | | 11:43 | Explaining North Carolina’s legal framework for alienation of affection | | 17:13 | Devin’s courtroom testimony, crucial evidence | | 17:46 | Verdict and damages awarded to Akira | | 18:26 | DoorDash case begins | | 19:22 | Olivia’s side and social media escalation | | 21:00 | Police findings, arrest and charges against Olivia | | 23:08 | Host’s analysis and reflection on complexity of proving “he said, she said” cases | | 23:36 | Callout for audience engagement |
The episode maintains Katie Ring's direct, empathetic, and slightly skeptical tone—balancing sensitivity for those involved with objective reporting and legal context. She repeatedly urges listeners not to jump to conclusions and emphasizes the unfolding nature of both cases. The show highlights the double-edged sword of social media: as evidence in court, a tool for storytelling, and a source of real-world legal peril.
Summary written for maximum clarity and engagement for listeners and non-listeners alike.