Amy Sultan – senior reporter deputy news editor at Us Weekly and new-ish wife to Scott Cosman (pictured here), operator of the tabloid’s “in-house” paparazzi agency Flynet – has left the magazine, we’re hearing.

She departed sometime this week, or as it’s heretofore to be known, Post-Lawsuit.

Sultan, as you’ll recall, was at the center of controversy over allegations that Us Weekly-lawsuit-filer Jill Ishkanian was hacking into Us Weekly’s email and computer systems, since it was Sultan’s username and password that were regularly abused, granting access to an untold number interested outsiders and celebrities.

And just so your dot-connecting comes full circle, Ishkanian-target and Us online chief Ken Baker was a guest at Sultan’s wedding to Cosmon. And it was Cosmon’s Flynet who snapped the pics of Teri Hatcher and Ryan Seacrest kissing — an allegedly staged setup orchestrated by Seacrest and BFF Ken Baker.

Now, what’s that sound we’re hearing? Oh, right: chips falling.