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Judge clears a lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema under North Carolina's 'homewrecker' law
WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) and New York Post describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedA judge has ruled that former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina's homewrecker law.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Judge clears a lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema under North Carolina's 'homewrecker' law". The right frames it as "North Carolina judge not buying Kyrsten Sinema’s claims of affair with bodyguard under st...".
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CenterJudge clears a lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema under North Carolina's 'homewrecker' law
WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightNorth Carolina judge not buying Kyrsten Sinema’s claims of affair with bodyguard under state’s ‘homewrecker’ law
North Carolina judge not buying Kyrsten Sinema’s claims of affair with bodyguard under state’s ‘homewrecker’ law
Sinema has acknowledged having a romantic relationship with Matthew Ammel but argued that she can’t be sued in North Carolina because she has no connection to the state.
