A bombshell court filing has revealed alleged private text messages between former U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema and her married bodyguard, exposing intimate details of their relationship as part of an ongoing lawsuit.
Heather Ammel, the estranged wife of Sinema's bodyguard Matthew Ammel, submitted the explosive court documents detailing what she claims were inappropriate communications between the former Arizona senator and her husband. According to the filing, Heather witnessed multiple concerning messages that she says document the deterioration of her marriage.
"I feel like I already know you, because I've heard so much about you from Matt," Sinema allegedly told Heather when they met at a U2 concert in 2023.
Heather claims that after her husband took a work trip with Sinema in 2023 as part of his security detail, he returned acting "uncomfortable" and distant. The court documents allege that Heather personally saw text messages from Sinema to Matthew that included a photo of the former senator "wrapped in a towel" showing "her bare upper back with cupping bruises."
Even more startling are allegations that Sinema asked Matthew to bring MDMA (commonly known as molly or ecstasy) on a work trip so "she could guide him through a psychedelic experience." The filing also claims the pair discussed sexual positions and that Sinema texted Matthew during President Biden's State of the Union address to say she wasn't attending because "she didn't need to listen to some old man, President Biden, talk about the legislation that she wrote."
In October 2024, Heather says she intercepted a message from Sinema to her husband reading, "I miss you. Putting my hand on your heart. I'll see you soon." Heather responded directly to Sinema's message, writing, "Are you having an affair with my husband? You took a married man away from his family."
Heather Ammel filed her lawsuit against Sinema in North Carolina in September 2025, taking advantage of one of the few states that allows a spouse to sue a third party for allegedly contributing to the breakdown of a marriage. She claims Sinema hired Matthew as her bodyguard and then initiated a romantic relationship with him.
Sinema has acknowledged the affair with Matthew Ammel but has moved to have the lawsuit dismissed, arguing that all their encounters occurred outside North Carolina and therefore the case shouldn't be heard in that state. The judge has yet to rule on Sinema's motion to dismiss the case.
The revelations come at a sensitive time for the former senator, who left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent and announced she wouldn't seek reelection in 2024. The court documents provide unprecedented insight into the personal life of a politician known for keeping her private affairs out of the public eye.