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Senior Pentagon official had affair with ‘notorious’ astrologer who stalked him, lawsuit says

Man in suit smiling in front of American flag in studio portrait.
Anthony J Tata. Photograph: JoAnne Sorrentino/DISA/JSSC

A senior Pentagon official in Donald Trump’s administration had a months-long extramarital affair with a woman claiming to be “the internet’s most notorious astrologer” – and claims in a defamation lawsuit filed in Florida that she cyberstalked him and his wife after they split up.

Court papers in Palm Beach county allege that Amy Tripp, known as Starheal to her tens of thousands of social media followers, was so upset by the end of the relationship that she repeatedly threatened and harassed the victim, identified as Anthony Tata, who assumed office as the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness in July.

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