Cheating Wife Leaves Iraq War Vet-Husband Financially Ruined, Says Suit; Allegations Include Causing Foreclosure

In Hastings, Minnesota, The Hastings Star-Gazette reports:

• A Hastings resident has filed a lawsuit in Johnson County, Iowa alleging that his wife and another man with whom she was having an extra marital affair, spent nearly all of his military pay, drove him into debt and damaged his credit while he was on active duty in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard. Andrew Fredrick Scullen, 36, Hastings, married Kimberly Scullen, 26, on March 10, 2006. Andrew was deployed to Iraq five days later on March 15. After about a month, on April 24, Andrew gave Kimberly his power of attorney.

Among the allegations in the suit:

• Kimberly [...] incurred debt in Andrew’s name by purchasing a vehicle and taking out a mortgage on a piece of real estate in Minnesota, then letting those debts fall into delinquency, which gave rise to penalties, interest and foreclosure, thus damaging Andrew’s credit, the complaint alleges.

For more, see Hastings National Guard member sues estranged wife for spending military pay.