Senior Pentagon official had affair with ‘notorious’ astrologer who stalked him, lawsuit says (www.theguardian.com)

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Anthony Tata, Trump’s undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, files defamation lawsuit in Florida

A senior Pentagon official in Donald Trump’s administration had a months-long extramarital affair with a woman claiming to be “the internet’s most notorious astrologer” – and claims in a defamation lawsuit filed in Florida that she cyberstalked him and his wife after they split up.

Court papers in Palm Beach county allege that Amy Tripp, known as Starheal to her tens of thousands of social media followers, was so upset by the end of the relationship that she repeatedly threatened and harassed the victim, identified as Anthony Tata, who assumed office as the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness in July.

Tata – a 65-year-old former Fox News contributor, retired army brigadier general and author of a series of military-themed novels – has previously made numerous Islamophobic and inflammatory comments, including calling Barack Obama a “terrorist leader”.

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[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Fuckin' Virgos, smh

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