From Ammel v. Sinema, decided Friday by Judge David Bragdon (M.D.N.C.):
Ms. Ammel married Matthew Ammel in 2010. From 2014 through November 2024, they resided in Whispering Pines, North Carolina, with their three children.
Mr. Ammel met Ms. Sinema in August 2022, following his retirement from the military. At that time, Ms. Sinema was serving as a United States Senator for the State of Arizona. During her tenure in the Senate, Ms. Sinema maintained residences in both Arizona and Washington, DC. Ms. Sinema left the Senate and is currently a professor at Arizona State University and an attorney with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader in Washington, DC….
Mr. Ammel and Sinema apparently began an affair, which took place in California, New York, and Colorado. Eventually, Ms. Ammel learned of this, she and her husband separated, and she sued Sinema for "alienation of affections," a tort that North Carolina still recognizes and that is still often litigated in North Carolina courts. (Last fiscal year, for instance, there were 150 alienation of affections filings in N.C. courts; it's also apparently recognized in Hawaii, Mississippi, South Dakota, and Utah.)
