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First, former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema pursued and slept with her bodyguard, allegedly breaking up the man\u2019s marriage. Now she wants to see what the man\u2019s ex-wife is telling her therapist.<\/p>\n

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In January, Heather Ammel filed what\u2019s known as a \u201chomewrecker\u201d lawsuit against Sinema, the Democratic-turned-Independent ex-Arizona senator. The suit, which was filed in a North Carolina court but has since been moved to federal court, is officially known as an \u201calienation of affection\u201d complaint.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, Sinema knowingly seduced Ammel\u2019s husband, Matthew Ammel, when he worked security for Sinema. The affair allegedly shattered the couple\u2019s 14-year marriage and resulted in their separation in November 2024. The couple, which shares three children, officially divorced in March.<\/p>\n

Sinema has admitted to being in a sexual relationship with Ammel, though she\u2019s fighting the suit from his ex-wife. She is arguing that the Ammels were already on the rocks when the affair began, and that the affair never took place in North Carolina while they were together.<\/p>\n

In filings, Sinema has stated that she first became \u201caware\u201d of Matthew Ammel in 2022 when he joined her security team, but she wasn\u2019t \u201cphysically intimate\u201d with him until late May 2024. Ammel was serving on her security detail during a trip to Sonoma, California, when \u201cwe were physically intimate for the first time,\u201d according to a declaration Sinema filed in March. She also cited other locations where the affair partners continued to be \u201cphysically intimate\u201d from May to October 2024, when he supposedly split from his wife. These locations include New York City; Washington, D.C.; Aspen, Colorado; and Phoenix.<\/p>\n

In October 2024, Sinema hosted the Ammels and their children as her guests at a Taylor Swift concert in Miami, her filing says. But Sinema said it was \u201cvery clear\u201d to her around that time that his marriage was over and that he was planning to move to a new apartment in North Carolina. In his own declaration filed with the court, Matthew Ammel said he went on the Miami trip because \u201cwe did not want to disappoint our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinema has claimed that the affair never took place in North Carolina, either in person or through texts, while Ammel was still in an active relationship with his wife. For that reason, Sinema argues that North Carolina\u2019s \u201chomewrecker\u201d law doesn\u2019t apply. Heather Ammel disputes this and alleges that Sinema did travel to North Carolina on occasion to be with her husband.<\/p>\n

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That argument is now before federal Judge David Bragdon, who will hear both sides on the jurisdictional question in mid-August. To prepare for those arguments, Bragdon allowed limited discovery by both parties. Filings show that Sinema\u2019s attorney, Steven Epstein, used that process to subpoena Heather Ammel\u2019s therapist for all of documents related to her from 2024, including the dates of therapy sessions, notes, intake forms, invoices and all communications.<\/p>\n

Heather Ammel fought that move. Her attorney, Thomas Van Camp, initially wrote to Epstein requesting that the subpoena be withdrawn and then filed a motion with the court to block it. He argues that Sinema\u2019s request was \u201ccompletely unrelated to the issue of Defendant\u2019s contacts with North Carolina\u201d and was outside the scope of the court\u2019s discovery order.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Epstein denied Camp\u2019s request to withdraw the subpoena. He argued that Sinema has a \u201cright to seek third-party evidence contradicting\u201d Ammel\u2019s claims that she had an active marriage with he husband \u201cthat wasn\u2019t in the process of ending\u201d when Sinema\u2019s \u201cinadvertent contacts occurred,\u201d according to an email from Epstein that Camp filed with the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a declaration filed with the court, Matthew Ammel alleges that his relationship with his now-ex-wife officially ended in October 2024 \u2014 five months after his affair with Sinema began. That same month, the couple had an appointment with her therapist, Chad Brown, with whom they discussed the \u201cprocess of separating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In late May, Sinema withdrew her subpoena, and Ammel withdrew her motion to quash it. Instead, Ammel will \u201crespond fully\u201d to Sinema\u2019s therapy documents request by requesting and obtaining the documents from Brown, which will then be produced for Sinema, according to court filings.<\/p>\n

Neither Sinema\u2019s attorneys, Heather Ammel\u2019s attorneys nor Matthew Ammel responded to a request for comment from Phoenix New Times.<\/p>\n

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