AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Kyrsten Sinema testifies about text from bodyguard's wife exposing their affair
Former senator Kyrsten Sinema took the stand in a North Carolina federal courtroom this week to describe the moment her bodyguard's wife discovered their relationship, through a misdelivered message on an encrypted app. Sinema, 50, testified Wednesday in Winston-Salem that she sent a Signal message reading "I miss you" to her bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, on […] The post Kyrsten Sinema testifies about text from bodyguard's wife exposing their affair appeared first on American Almanac .
Former senator Kyrsten Sinema took the stand in a North Carolina federal courtroom this week to describe the moment her bodyguard's wife discovered their relationship, through a misdelivered message on an encrypted app. Sinema, 50, testified Wednesday in Winston-Salem that she sent a Signal message reading "I miss you" to her bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, on October 3, 2024. The reply that came back was not from him. It was from his wife, Heather Ammel: "Are you having an affair with my husband?" Sinema did not respond. That exchange sits at the center of a civil lawsuit Heather Ammel filed against the former Arizona senator under North Carolina's "alienation of affection" statute, a law that allows a spouse to sue the person they believe…Open