Wife of Lauren Boebert's former chef claims Rep 'seduced' her husband
The wife of one of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s former chefs at her Shooters Grill restaurant accused the congresswoman of leading her husband astray with lavish gifts, leading to the end of the couple’s marriage.
Jennifer Martinez, 50, claimed Boebert (R-Colo.) cozied up to her husband, Matt Archambault, after they met in 2013 at her now-closed restaurant in the small town of Rifle.
“[She] literally seduced my husband with money and gifts,” Martinez told the Daily Mail, claiming Boebert once bought the cook a cruise ticket and invited him to fly to a football game in Texas.
Martinez said the relationship escalated to the point where Archambault spent more time with Boebert’s family than his own, with the angry wife even finding the congresswoman’s driver’s license in her husband’s car and writing “Demonic whore/fake” and “Witch Jezebel” on it.
“She’s a bad, bad woman,” Martinez told the outlet. “She ruined my life.”
Boebert, who was elected to Congress in 2020, denied the allegations. A spokesman reiterated the statement she released on announcing her divorce from her husband of 18 years last month: “I’ve always been faithful in my marriage.”
Lauren Boebert, a mother of four, was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with Matt Archambault (behind her), a married cook at her Shooters Grill restaurant. Facebook
Archambault admitted to spending more time at work than he did at home, but denied the allegations. Facebook
Archambault, who married Martinez in 2005, also denied that he had an affair with the congresswoman, telling the Daily Mail that his estranged wife was a “jealous” and “insecure woman” who was threatened by how much time he was spending with his then-boss.
Martinez claims Boebert got inappropriate with Archambault almost immediately after he began working at Shooters Grill in 2013, with Boebert allegedly calling her that year to see if it was all right for her to buy him a $700 golf club.
Soon, Martinez said, her husband began spending more time at work and hanging out with Boebert than he did with his wife and son, alleging that the now-lawmaker offered cruise and plane tickets to Archambault and invited him to events at her home — without his wife.
Boebert also denied the affair, and had filed two restraining orders against Archambault’s wife. Facebook
Martinez said part of her worries stemmed from the fact that Boebert’s husband, Jayson, was often out of town whenever Archambault was visiting.
“Her husband, Jayson, was an oil fielder and gone a lot. Matt would be up there cooking at the house when her husband wasn’t there,” she told the Mail. “I tried not to be a jealous person, but I heard that she and Jayson had their own jealousy problems within the marriage at that time.”
While Archambault admits that he put his career over his family, he denied ever receiving such lavish gifts. He also claimed that Boebert did invite Martinez to events, but his wife was too jealous to ever go.
Archambault had allegedly received lavish gifts from Boebert during his time at the restaurant between 2013 and 2019. Facebook
While the restaurant thrived and Archambault enjoyed time with his co-workers, he said his family life was in turmoil over his wife’s jealousy over the Colorado congresswoman. Facebook
The tension between the three came to a head on July 11, 2018, when Martinez defaced Boebert’s license and confronted her and her mother, Shawn Roberts, outside Roberts’ home.
According to a complaint filed with the Rifle PD, Boebert claimed that her license was in Archambault’s vehicle because she had sold him the car.
Martinez was ultimately arrested after admitting to defacing the license and sending harassing messages to both Boebert and Roberts. Martinez claimed Boebert started the text war, calling her “a little liar” and a “manipulator.”
Boebert allegedly cozied up to the cook inside the restaurant when her own husband was out of town. Denver Post via Getty Images
Archambault said he has not had contact with Boebert and his wife since he left Rifle in 2019. Facebook
Boebert eventually filed a restraining order against Martinez, but claimed the Colorado housewife was back harassing Roberts on Facebook after it expired on December 21, 2018.
Both Boebert and her mother filed yet another restraining order against Martinez, who said she hasn’t had contact with either woman since.
Martinez told the Daily Mail she regrets how she behaved back then, but claimed she was being driven to the breaking point by Boebert’s inappropriate attention on her husband.
Martinez and Archambault, who share a 17-year-old son, separated in 2019, the same year he quit Shooters and left Rifle for good. Martinez has yet to serve Archambault divorce papers.
Source: New York Post
