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| NY mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admits more lewd photos | NY mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admits more lewd photos |
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| New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has admitted sending explicit messages to a woman, two years after he left Congress over a similar affair. | New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has admitted sending explicit messages to a woman, two years after he left Congress over a similar affair. |
| An unnamed woman told website The Dirty she had an online relationship with the 48-year-old last year. | An unnamed woman told website The Dirty she had an online relationship with the 48-year-old last year. |
| Mr Weiner, who has been leading polls of Democratic mayoral candidates, said he was "very sorry" about the messages. | Mr Weiner, who has been leading polls of Democratic mayoral candidates, said he was "very sorry" about the messages. |
| In 2011, he said his Twitter account was hacked, but then admitted sending half-nude photos to young women. | In 2011, he said his Twitter account was hacked, but then admitted sending half-nude photos to young women. |
| Flanked by his wife, Huma Abedin, in a press conference on Tuesday in New York, he apologised while reading from a prepared statement. | |
| 'Horrible mistakes' | |
| "I've said that other texts and photos were likely to come out, and today they have," he told reporters. | |
| "As I've said in the past, these things I did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through many challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from Congress. | |
| "While some of things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there's no question that what I did was wrong. This behaviour is behind me. | |
| "I've apologised to my wife, Huma, and I'm grateful that she has worked through these issues with me and that I've had her forgiveness. | |
| "I want to again say how sorry I am to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption that this has caused." | |
| Ms Abedin said her husband had made some "horrible mistakes", but she had forgiven him. | |
| "I made the decision it was worth staying in the marriage," she said, after "a lot of work and a lot of therapy". | |
| "I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him," she said. | |
| 'Carlos Danger' | 'Carlos Danger' |
| The woman involved said her communication with Mr Weiner lasted for six months, beginning in the summer of 2012. | The woman involved said her communication with Mr Weiner lasted for six months, beginning in the summer of 2012. |
| She said she was 22 years old when she began chatting with Mr Weiner on the social networking website Formspring. | She said she was 22 years old when she began chatting with Mr Weiner on the social networking website Formspring. |
| She claimed Weiner used the alias "Carlos Danger" for their racy exchanges. | She claimed Weiner used the alias "Carlos Danger" for their racy exchanges. |
| "I was young and dumb," The Dirty quoted her as saying. | |
| "I just want people to really know he's lying when he acts like he has changed." | "I just want people to really know he's lying when he acts like he has changed." |
| Mr Weiner has previously said he should not have lied about the photos he posted on Twitter in 2011. | |
| He said he only did so because he wanted to keep the truth from his then-pregnant wife, who is a former adviser to Hillary Clinton. | |
| The new accusations come just two weeks after former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced he is running for city comptroller. Spitzer resigned in 2008 after admitting to paying for sex with prostitutes, | |