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Well EC was NL friend.Also CL and EC both knew that their was a six year old little girl that was going to be a casualty of this affair.Does she get a pass on that also?Both of these people deserve equal blame in this affair.
IMO, yes, both were equal participants in the affair. However, IMO:
CL was older than Erin, and had been married a lot longer (>6 years, the age of their daughter), so in theory, he would be more mature in his decisions and know more than she would about the risks of an affair and would set the right example. He risked his marriage and child and career to have an affair with her. According to LE, then he lied about it/denied the affair so he wouldn't get caught having his cake and eating it too, then he is purported to have laid in wait and killed her, because she was excited about her pregnancy and he knew the affair would come out fully if she wasn't silenced/dead.
Erin was younger than CL, had only been married and living with her husband for a short time (months), and did not have her own child, so she may not have had the same level of maturity in making decisions about the affair or risks/understanding the risks. According to LE, she had been regularly texting with her friend in TN about the affair and how excited she was about being pregnant and was going to "celebrate" with CL that day.
IMO, CL put more at risk (child, spouse, career, reputation) plus had no intentions of the affair leading to he & Erin being together when push came to shove, so his transgressions in having an affair with Erin were greater. Erin put less at risk (spouse, reputation), and seemed to be truly excited and positive about the affair leading to the possibility of having CL's baby and them possibly being together.
So IMO, CL has always been the bigger creep in the affair, and has now committed murder to cover up the affair, and that makes him double trouble. Erin, nope. JMOO.