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Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) admitted to having an affair with her bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, and insisted that his ex-wife, Heather Ammel, should not be allowed to sue her over it.

In January, Heather filed a lawsuit against Sinema in Moore County, North Carolina, six months ago. She claimed that the former Arizona senator maintained an inappropriate relationship, which ultimately led to the end of her 14-year marriage with Matthew.

The lawsuit accuses Sinema of “intentional and malicious interference” with her marriage to Ammel, a former Army veteran who worked on Sinema’s security detail starting in 2022 before he joined her Senate staff.

The suit also says the former senator sent Ammel messages which “exceeded the bounds of a normal working relationship and were of romantic and lascivious natures.”

The complaint claims that Sinema was “handsy” with the veteran during public outings. By mid-2024, he stopped wearing his wedding ring, telling his wife it was better for “public optics” so “it wouldn’t look like [Sinema] was putting her hands on a married man.”