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Who is Anne McClain’s Wife: Summer Worden Biography, Wiki, Age, Family, Net Worth, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Fast Facts You Need to Know

August 26, 2019
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Summer Worden Biography

Summer Worden is the estranged wife of Anne McClain who is one of NASA’s most respected female astronauts. Furthermore, Anne McClain has been accused of hacking into her estranged wife’s bank account while serving aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Summer Worden Wiki

Mcclain is separated from spouse Summer Worden, a 13-year veteran of the US Air Force who handled intelligence operations, financial intelligence, and analysis. Worden also worked for the National Security Agency as an intelligence officer.

Currently, living in Kansas, Worden is the founder of Lady Bird Capital, a company that specializes in commercial real estate investment. She also founded Filly Intelligence LLC, a technology and security services firm that specialized in “cyber-security and threat intelligence, risk assessment and risk mitigation, security solutions and digital forensics, and technology.

Summer Worden Education

Worden attended the NSA Cryptologic School and has graduate degrees in strategic intelligence and digital forensics, and an M.B.A. from Rice University. Worden’s son was conceived via in vitro fertilization and carried by a surrogate. “He is mine biologically, I had him all by myself,” Worden told KPRC2.

Summer Worden Career

Where Sumer is a former Air Force intelligence officer and she brought a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission that McClain had committed identity theft, despite not seeing any indication of moved or spent funds.

Summer Worden and Anne McClain Married Life and Children

McClain and Worden married in 2014, with Worden filing for divorce in 2018 after McClain accused her of assault, a claim which Worden denies and said was part of McClain’s efforts at gaining custody of her son. The assault case was eventually dismissed.

In 2018 McClain asked a judge to grant her shared parenting rights of the child, saying in documents, “She was there for his first steps and first words” and that they had “a very healthy and deep parental relationship.”

Who is Anne McClain?

According to her NASA biography, Lieutenant Colonel McClain is a Senior Army Aviator, with more than 2,000 flight hours in 20 different aircraft. She is a rated pilot for the C-12 Huron (King Air), UH-60 Blackhawk, and UH-72 Lakota and instructor pilot for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior.

Born in Spokane, Washington in 1979, McClain said she’d always dreamt of becoming an astronaut. “I’ve wanted to be an astronaut longer than I can ever remember wanting to be an astronaut,” she told Soldiers Magazine. McClain told her mother she wanted to become an astronaut when she was three and wrote a book about a family of space travelers at the age of five.

After graduating from Gonzaga Preparatory School in 1997, McClain went on to graduate from Westpoint in 1997 with her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. She also holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in 2002 from the University of Bath and a Master of Science in International Relations from the University of Bristol.

Summer Worden relationship with Anne McClain

Worden and McClain began their relationship when the boy was a year old and the two married eight months later in 2014. Once married, McClain wanted to adopt the boy but Worden refused.

Then, after three years together, the marriage deteriorated. At one point, McClain accused Worden of assault, but the case was dismissed. The accusation resulted in Worden filing for divorce. The couple has since gone through a bitter separation, fueled mostly by custody issues involving the little boy.

In 2018 McClain asked a judge for joint custody of the child, telling the court she was “there for his first steps and first words,” and that they had “a very healthy and deep parental relationship.” The couple’s divorce is set to be finalized in October 2019 but a court date for determining custody has not been scheduled.

Summer Worden Complaint Against Anne McClain

Worden, a former Air Force intelligence officer, brought a complaint against McClain with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that McClain had committed identity theft, even though none of Worden’s funds had been tampered with.

Worden approached her bank and asked for the locations of computers that had recently accessed her bank account. The bank informed her that one of the computers was registered with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Worden filed an identity theft complaint to the Federal Trade Commission after she learnt that McClain had accessed her account. Her family also filed a complaint to NASA’s Office of Inspector General, accusing McClain of getting improper access to financial records. there was however no signs that someone had taken or removed money in the account.

Worden also revealed to the Times that NASA’s Office of Inspector General has been looking into the case, although Worden said that the FTC has not yet responded to the identity theft report.

Summer Worden Accuses Anne McClain of Identity Theft

Decorated astronaut and  US Army lieutenant colonel Anne McClain has been accused of improperly gaining access to Summer Worden’s online bank account using NASA computers, the New York Times reported.

McClain allegedly accessed the bank account as part of a ‘highly calculated and manipulated campaign’ to obtain custody of Worden’s son, who she had given birth to about a year before the couple got married.

McClain’s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, however, said that his client “strenuously denies” improper behavior and said that she is cooperating with investigators. McClain has said through a lawyer that she had merely wanted to make sure that the family’s finances were in order.

Hardin said that McClain’s access from space was an attempt to make sure there were sufficient funds in Worden’s account to pay bills and care for the child they were raising. Hardin said McClain continued using the same password and claimed she never heard an objection from Worden.

Hardin also added they were not going to comment on the personal matter; “Neither Anne nor we will be commenting on this personal matter. We appreciate the media’s understanding and respect, as maintaining privacy, is in the best interest of the child and family members involved.”

NASA Statement

A spokesperson from NASA said that the agency does not comment on “personal or personnel matters,” but praised McClain’s work with NASA and in the military.

“NASA has no statement on this and does not comment on personal or personnel matters. Anne McClain is an active astronaut.”

Brandi Dean, NASA spokesperson Brandi Dean said in an email; “Lt Col. Anne McClain has an accomplished military career, flew combat missions in Iraq and is one of NASA’s top astronauts. She did a great job on her most recent NASA mission aboard the International Space Station.”

Fast Facts You Need to Know

  • Astronaut Anne McClain was accused of accessing her estranged wife Summer Worden’s bank account while she was in space 
  • Worden filed an identity theft complaint with the FTC against McClain
  • Her parents also filed a complaint with NASA’s Inspector General
  • McClain said that she was just checking up on Worden’s finances
  • Worden’s parents claim that McClain’s actions were part of a custody battle over her son, who she gave birth to a year before the couple were married

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