Arizona’s top court on Oct. 16 rejected a request by a congressman running for the U.S. Senate to keep his divorce records sealed.
The divorce records are set to become public on Thursday.
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and his ex-wife, Katharine Gallego, asked the Arizona Supreme Court this week to keep their divorce records sealed after two lower courts ruled in favor of the Washington Free Beacon, a publication seeking the records.
“Without an order from this Court before October 17 further staying the Superior Court’s decision while the Gallegos seek review, the sealed record in this case will become public, thereby irreparably harming the privacy and safety rights they have sought to preserve for themselves and their minor child and mooting their petition for review,” lawyers for the Gallegos told the court….