Former Senator Kyrsten Sinema Sued for Allegedly Breaking Up a Marriage: What to Know

Kyrsten Sinema—a Democratic-turned-independent former U.S. Senator known for bucking party orthodoxy—left Congress last year but is now back in headlines as she faces a lawsuit for allegedly breaking up the 14-year marriage of one of her staffers while in office.

In the complaint, which was first filed in September in a North Carolina state court, plaintiff Heather Ammel accused Sinema of seducing her ex-husband Matthew Ammel, who began working for Sinema in April 2022 as part of her security detail.