PHOENIX — Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina’s homewrecker law over her relationship with a member of her security detail, a judge ruled Friday.
The lawsuit, filed by Ammel’s ex-wife, seeks financial damages from Sinema, who represented Arizona in the U.S. Sinema described their sexual encounters during a deposition in July. Matthew Ammel joined Sinema’s security team after he retired from the Army in 2022 and accompanied her on domestic and foreign travel, according to Heather Ammel’s complaint. She said the relationship turned sexual on May 27, 2024, during a trip to Napa, California.
North Carolina is one of a handful of states that allow jilted spouses to sue for “alienation of affection” to seek compensation from a third party responsible for the breakup of their marriage. She said they later had sexual encounters in New York, Washington, Colorado and Arizona, but never North Carolina.
House and later the Senate for one term that ended early last year.
