2026-09-05 · Fox News
🔮 Sinema acknowledged having a sexual relationship with Matthew Ammel, who was a member of her security detail while she was a senator, but said she could not be sued in North Carolina because she lacks a meaningful connection to the state.
U.S. District Judge David A. Bragdon rejected that argument and denied Sinema's motion to dismiss the case, saying she knew Ammel lived in the state with his wife, Heather Ammel, and their three children.
Bragdon also pointed out that Heather Ammel discovered the affair in early 2024 after reading nine messages Sinema sent to her then-husband while he was in North Carolina. mixed