Former U.S.Sen.
Kyrsten Sinema testified that she repeatedly had sex with her then-married security guard while she was in office representing Arizona, according to federal court filings.Matthew Ammel's ex-wife, Heather Ammel, is suing the Democrat-turned-independent, who left office at the beginning of last year, for allegedly breaking up her 14-year marriage.Heather Ammel sued Sinema in a North Carolina court under the state’s alienation-of-affection law.Sinema's legal team moved the case to federal court, then sought dismissal there, arguing her relationship with Matthew Ammel occurred outside North Carolina and that the federal court lacked personal jurisdiction over her.Sinema, who is unmarried, said in a July 31 deposition that she first had sex with Ammel around Memorial Day 2024.UTAH JUSTICE ALLEGEDLY SENT ‘INAPPROPRIATE’ TEXTS TO LAWYER IN KEY REDISTRICTING CASE, OFFICIALS LAUNCH PROBEFormer Sen.
Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., speaks to reporters in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the U.S.Capitol on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)"We were staying at an Airbnb in Napa, California.We were outside.
Matt kissed me.We went inside and had sex," Sinema said in her deposition, which took place at a law office in Raleigh.Sinema said she and Ammel were staying at the property with her friends Penny and Grant Croissant, along with another member of her security detail.Their next tryst came in June when Sinema said she attended the wedding of CNN anchor Jessica Dean in New York City.
She and Ammel had separate hotel rooms but were "intimate" in Sinema's room, she said in the deposition.In mid-July, the two had sex at her Washington, D.C., apartment after taking a red-eye flight from the West Coast, Sinema said, according to the transcript.And in mid-August, Sinema and Ammel traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for a "fundraising trip." She had sex with him again during that trip, she said.Sinema was not able to recall another supposed...