Published: 09:14 GMT, 14 March 2026 | Updated: 09:30 GMT, 14 March 2026

An ex-senator admitted to having an affair with her bodyguard in a lawsuit after his  distraught wife took her to court.

Kyrsten Sinema, 49, who represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2019 to 2025, first as a Democrat and then as an independent, was accused of 'intentional and malicious interference' in the 14-year marriage of Matthew and Heather Ammel.

Heather, a mother of three, claimed Sinema embarked on an affair with her special forces veteran husband shortly after he was hired to her security team in 2022.

Admitting facts: Krysten Sinema has owned up to having an affair with her former bodyguard Matthew Ammel and is now begging his ex-wife to not sue her; pictured together at an event in October

Sinema and her bodyguard frequently traveled together on work trips across the U.S. and internationally, where the suit alleged the senator would invite Ammel to her hotel room.

The ex-senator finally responded in a court filing on Thursday seeking for the wife to dismiss her $25,000 case.

A unique North Carolina law allows for a plaintiff to sue for alienation of affection via 'wrongful and malicious conduct', for example, an affair.

Sinema wrote that her 'romantic and intimate' relationship with Ammel began in May 2024, while he was still married.

But she says that their relationship occurred outside of North Carolina, and they were never 'physically intimate' in the state, so the case should be dismissed.