Overview
- Two men stood and shouted claims of affairs during a panel with Utah Governor Spencer Cox at Salt Lake City’s Grand America Hotel.
- Video shared by Salt Lake Tribune reporter Paighten Harkins shows the first interruption moments after Sinema joked about being called a “cougar.”
- Utah Highway Patrol troopers and event staff removed the men as Salt Lake City police responded, and neither man was arrested or cited.
- The disruptions trailed a September filing by Heather Ammel under North Carolina’s alienation-of-affection law, alleging Sinema pursued her then-husband, a former bodyguard.
- Reports differ on damages sought—Mediaite cites $25,000 while The Independent reports at least $75,000—and Sinema’s attorney has sought to move the case to federal court, with it unclear whether the heckling was genuine or a prank.