Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema wants a federal judge to toss a lawsuit alleging that she’s liable for the end of a North Carolina woman’s marriage, according to court records filed this week.
Sinema acknowledges having an affair in 2024 with a married Army veteran who was doing security work for the then senator.
Court records say Sinema had six romantic encounters with Matt Ammel, and during that timeframe he became a Senate employee.
But a motion to dismiss also says none of the encounters happened in North Carolina, which is one of few states that allows people to sue over having their spouse lured away.
The document further says Ammel was not in the state when Sinema sent him Signal messages labeled romantic by the plaintiff.
More Arizona politics news
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A student event featuring Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk that was planned at a Phoenix high school next week has been moved off campus. -
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is outraising her Republican opponents several times over ahead of this year’s primary elections. And Congressman David Schweikert is trailing far behind his Democratic and Republican opponents. -
President Donald Trump is coming to Phoenix on Friday, and all but one of Arizona’s Republican Congressmen will speak on the same stage. -
A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge has ruled that Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law is constitutional after the County Attorney's Office tried to have it struck down. -
State Sen. John Kavanagh said there already are laws that make it a crime to physically obstruct police who are trying to make an arrest. What's needed, he said, is something to criminalize those who obstruct police by warning those police are seeking.
