Bombshell divorce records reveal how Congressman blindsided pregnant wife with divorce papers days before she gave birth

Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego blindsided his heavy large woman with divorcement papers erstwhile she was 'likely to springiness commencement immoderate day', according to bombshell tribunal filings that helium fought to support sealed. 

The lawmaker, 44, who is successful the location agelong of a contentious Senate race, allegedly told his ex-wife, current-Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, their matrimony was implicit connected December 15, 2016. 

Gallego filed a question to seal the lawsuit connected the aforesaid day, and has fought with the Washington Free Beacon each twelvemonth to support it that mode aft the blimpish outlet sued for entree to the records. 

In the filings, Kate appeared to person been amazed by Gallego's characterization of their matrimony arsenic 'irretrievably broken', and responded successful tribunal that she was 'without knowledge' of his intentions. 

The unsealing of Gallego's divorcement records comes 3 weeks earlier helium faces disconnected with MAGA firebrand Kari Lake successful Arizona's legislature election, wherever polls consistently show him with a steadfast lead. 

Lake, the Republican nominee, has spent the past weeks implying the divorcement records would upend the race, and has often said they would beryllium a 'massive story.' 

'I anticipation everybody who says they’re going to ballot for him volition clasp disconnected until we get the details astir wherefore helium ran disconnected connected his woman erstwhile she was 9 months pregnant,' she said connected an quality with KTAR-FM. 

Lake added astatine the time: 'We don’t cognize if it was spousal abuse.' 

However, the divorcement records from 2016 straight refute immoderate claims of abuse, stating that 'there was nary home unit successful the marriage' and 'significant home unit did not occur.' 

After the records were unsealed, the Gallegos released a associated connection slamming his legislature hostile Lake for implying the filings would uncover immoderate signifier of ungraded oregon home abuse. 

'We request an apology from Kari Lake for lying astir our household and the circumstances of our divorce,' the connection read. 

'She volition halt astatine thing to people a inexpensive governmental constituent — adjacent if it means endangering the privateness and well-being of our young son.' 

Yavapai County justice John Napper, who ordered the lawsuit unsealed, besides downplayed the filings and said that 'everyone's going to beryllium alternatively deflated' by the details - besides branding it 'one of the astir plot assortment divorcement files I person ever seen.'

When Gallego filed for divorce, helium noted successful his enactment that his heavy large woman had 'not yet been served' and was 'likely to springiness commencement immoderate day' erstwhile she recovered out. 

His reasoning for the divorcement was that their 'marriage (was) irretrievably broken' and 'there is nary tenable imaginable for reconciliation.' 

While Kate said she was 'without cognition of accusation capable to signifier a belief' astir his claims, Gallego besides argued that his woman should wage for the divorcement proceedings. 

Gallego asked the tribunal that Kate should not beryllium entitled to 'long-term spousal maintenance' and claimed that 'neither enactment is successful request of nor entitled to an grant of agelong word spousal maintenance.' 

Kate initially asked to received spousal maintenance, but aboriginal acknowledged they were some 'financially autarkic and nary fiscal assistance by means of spousal attraction is required present oregon hereafter.' 

Divorce records successful Arizona are usually public, nevertheless Gallego filed to person their records sealed due to the fact that 'each enactment is simply a high-profile nationalist official', and their lawsuit would 'likely person aggravated scrutiny from the media.' 

Their divorcement was finalized successful April 2017. At the time, Kate was a subordinate of the Phoenix City Council, and she went connected to beryllium elected the Mayor of Phoenix successful March 2019. 

The mates welcomed a lad soon aft their divorcement was finalized. Just implicit a twelvemonth later, Gallego, then-19, met his existent wife, lobbyist Sydney Barron, 25. They aboriginal welcomed a daughter, Isla, successful July 2023. 

The 2 announced their matrimony successful aboriginal 2020, wherever Gallego told supporters helium was 'the happiest antheral successful the world.' 

Both Ruben and Kate Gallego asked courts to support their divorcement records sealed, citing concerns astir their son's privacy.