US EditionEx-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema sued for allegedly breaking up bodyguard’s marriage
Heather Ammel alleges Sinema intentionally seduced her husband, a former security guard, causing a 14-year marriage to end and seeking $25,000 in damages under North Carolina's alienation of affection law.
- A lawsuit filed in Moore County, North Carolina alleges Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema had a romantic relationship with Matthew Ammel, seeking $75,000 in damages under the alienation-of-affection law.
- According to the complaint, Heather Ammel sued under North Carolina's alienation-of-affection statute, alleging Sinema seduced her husband from 2022 through 2024 before their November 2024 separation.
- According to the complaint, Sinema and Ammel exchanged romantic messages and suggestive photos on Signal, attended U2 and Taylor Swift concerts, drank Dom Pérignon in Cindy McCain's suite, and she urged him to bring MDMA on a work trip.
- Matthew Ammel separated from his wife in November 2024 and formally filed for divorce earlier this month, while the suit raises allegations of campaign funds misuse; Sinema did not respond to requests and now works for Hogan Lovells, Washington-based law and lobbying firm.
- Historically, North Carolina is one of six states that still allow alienation-of-affection suits, a rare tort traced to Bishop v. Glazener and often abolished amid criticism.
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Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faces $25K lawsuit for allegedly destroying a 14-year marriage
Kyrsten Sinema's legal troubles just got a whole lot messier. The former U.S. senator, an independent from Arizona and out bisexual woman, is facing a federal lawsuit from the ex-wife of her former bodyguard for allegedly engaging in “repeated episodes of sexual intercourse" with him while he was still married. Heather Ammel filed the lawsuit, first obtained by PEOPLE, on September 30 after permanently separating from Matthew Ammel November 2024…
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