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Summer Worden (born 1975) is a former intelligence officer for the United States Air Force and Intelligence Community. She is the founder of a technology and security service company, Filly Intelligence LLC. [1] Worden became the first person to file an accusation of a crime committed in outer space when she accused her estranged then-wife NASA astronaut Anne McClain of wrongfully accessing their bank accounts. However, those accusations were subsequently disproven and Worden was indicted by a grand jury in March 2020 on two counts of lying to federal investigators. Her trial was in spring of 2022 and she faces up to 10 years in prison. [2]

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Career

Worden worked for 13 years in the United States Air Force and Intelligence Community. She also led a team for the National Security Administration. She has served in special access programs relating to nuclear security. Worden also worked as the Director of Risk and AML at USAA Financial. [1]

She founded Filly Intelligence in 2012. [3] [4]

Personal life

Worden was married to NASA astronaut Anne McClain from 2014 until 2019. [5] The couple separated in 2018 after Worden was arrested for domestic violence against McClain; the charges were dismissed at McClain's request prior to her December 2018 space flight. [6]

In 2019, Worden accused McClain of inappropriately accessing bank accounts from outer space. [7] This claim was the first public allegation of a crime committed in space. [8] Worden was later charged with two counts of making false claims to federal authorities, [9] and McClain was cleared. [10] [11]

Worden has a son named Briggs. [12] She conceived the boy through in vitro fertilization, and he was carried by a surrogate. [13] Worden and McClain shared custody of the child until their divorce. [14]

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