The former senator said Matthew Ammel caused $200,000 in damage in her home and destroyed 22 pieces of art while demanding she post a video to social media.
  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 days

    Isn’t this the guy she had an affair with and his wife is suing her for that?

  • BigMacHole@thelemmy.club
    5 days

    Thank GOD she Used her Position of Power to HELP her Constituents! Rack up HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of Dollars in Art purchases!

    • ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
      5 days

      Hey now, those art pieces can be appraised and donated later for large tax breaks. Just think of how much more corrupt she’d have to be if she wasn’t able to increase her tax efficiency. You should be thanking her.

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    5 days

    The incident took place Aug. 30 while Sinema, I-Ariz., was out of town, according to charging documents. Matthew Ammel, 39, allegedly contacted Sinema and demanded that she post a video to her X account. He told her that if she declined to do so, he would damage a painting every 10 minutes, according to the documents.

    Sinema told law enforcement officers that she refused, prompting Ammel to take down about 22 paintings and throw them into the swimming pool, according to a probable cause statement.

    The headline had me imagining a way different crime. Like, him drugged up and running through the house with a bat. Not this…art hostage situation?

  • DonkeyStar@lemmy.world
    5 days

    This is crazy timing. I was struggling so hard last night to remember who did the little curtsy and thumbs down when voting against raising the minimum wage.

  • Danarchy@lemmy.nz
    5 days

    Rampaging is a cool ass crime like damn if you were in the hoosegow and some guy Hoss or w/e was all “what’r ye in for” and you tell him “rampage” he will probably be like damn and nod that respectful nod reserved only for certain crimes

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    5 days

    Earlier this month, a North Carolina judge ruled that the former senator could be sued under the state’s “home-wrecker” law over her relationship with Ammel, who was married at the time of their relationship.

    North Carolina is one of a handful of states that allow spurned spouses to sue for “alienation of affection” and to seek compensation from a third party responsible for the breakup of their marriage.

    Lol.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    5 days

    Terrible person has an affair with another terrible person, then terrible things happen. Got it.

  • JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5 days

    I love how people just assume I’m a sexual deviant because I’m transgender and constantly over share their sexual secrets with me while people in power are constantly getting caught in actual immoral and nonconsensual acts. I’m still missing necrophilia on the bingo card, i didn’t miss that one right?

  • Janx@piefed.socialEnglish
    5 days

    Nothing to actually help people, corruption on full display, affair with a married man…

    This is why people don’t trust politicians.