Kyrsten Sinema, a former US senator, admitted in court filings to having a “romantic and intimate” relationship with a married man who was a member of her security detail during her final year in office – but argues that his estranged wife should not be able to sue her over it.
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The admission to the multi-state affair came in response to a lawsuit filed by Heather Ammel, who accused the former Arizona senator in federal court of breaking up her marriage under North Carolina’s so-called “homewrecker” law.
North Carolina is one of only a few US states where spouses can sue a third party – often the “paramor” – for alienation of affection resulting from an affair. But Sinema says Heather’s lawsuit against her should be dropped because the affair at the center of the case unfolded outside North Carolina.
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