US EditionEx-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema sued for allegedly breaking up bodyguard’s marriage
Heather Ammel is suing Kyrsten Sinema for $25,000, alleging alienation of affection after Sinema's alleged affair with her husband, a former security guard, disrupted their 14-year marriage.
- 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 Arizona senator faces NC suit over role in broken marriage
Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona faces a lawsuit in North Carolina filed by a woman who claims Sinema broke up her marriage. Plaintiff Heather Ammel sued Sinema under the state’s alienation of affection law. Originally filed last September in Moore County Superior Court, the suit attracted national attention from CBS News, the New York Times, and other news outlets this week when Sinema’s lawyers had the case removed from state court to …
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