FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com JULY 25, 2013 • THE COURIER SUN 9 Weiner’s sexting scandal deepens The woman also said that after Weiner started the relationship with her through Facebook, he promised her a job at the news publication Politico and a condo in Chicago, among other things. By August, the relationship had escalated to phone sex and exchanging naked photos, according to the woman. Weiner would allegedly send pictures of his genitals to her using the name “Carlos Danger.” The Dirty posted one of those photos online along with the woman’s claims. The two even planned to meet to have sex, she said. “We only spoke once in December 2012, and then I didn’t hear from Anthony Weiner again until April 11, 2013 when a New York Times article about him was released,” she told The Dirty. “He reactivated his Facebook and asked me what I thought of it.” Following Weiner’s latest confession, Democratic mayoral candidate Sal Albanese said that these latest allegations prove that he is “unfit to serve as mayor.” The former city councilmember has previously publicly admonished Weiner for his indiscretions, saying they negatively reflect on his candidacy. “Unfortunately, my other opponents have danced around the issue. I’m not going to do that,” he said in a statement. “I’m calling for Anthony Weiner to do right by New Yorkers and withdraw from the race.” Mayoral candidates Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican John Catsimatidis also called for Weiner’s resignation. Astoria WEDNESDAYS 8–3 14th Street btw 31st Ave & 31st Rd Corona FRIDAYS 8–3 103rd St & Roosevelt Ave Elmhurst Hospital TUESDAYS 8–4 41st Ave btw 80th & 81st Sts Forest Hills SUNDAYS 8–3 70th Ave & Queens Blvd(Post Office) Jackson Heights SUNDAYS 8–3 34th Ave & 78th St Ridgewood Youthmarket SATURDAYS 10–3 Cypress btw Myrtle & Putnam Socrates Sculpture Park SATURDAYS 8–4 Vernon Blvd & Broadway Sunnyside Gardens SATURDAYS 8–3 Skillman Ave btw 42nd & 43rd Sts BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com Anthony Weiner’s sex scandal troubles are ready for their own comeback. The Dirty, a gossip and satire website, is claiming that the mayoral candidate’s sexting did not end with his June 2011 resignation from Congress. But this time, Weiner is not denying the allegations. In a statement released on Tuesday, July 23, he said some of the claims published on the site are true. “I said that other texts and photos were likely to come out, and today they have,” Weiner said. “As I have said in the past, these things that I did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from Congress. While some things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what I did was wrong.” “This behavior is behind me,” the statement continued. “I’ve apologized to Huma Abedin, Weiner’s wife and am grateful that she has worked through these issues with me and for her forgiveness. I want to again say that I am very sorry to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption that this has caused. As my wife and I have said, we are focused on moving forward.” The site posted screenshots of sexually explicit text messages between the former Queens congressmember and a then-22-year-old woman. The Dirty quoted the young woman, who is choosing to remain anonymous, as claiming to have had an online and over-the-phone relationship with Weiner for six months starting in July 2012. She “believed they were in love,” according to www.thedirty.com. The messages the site posted as of press time do not show a date. EBT cards accepted at these 8 Queens neighborhood farmers markets FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.GrowNYC.org THE COURIER/File photo Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted that more texts and photos were likely to surface.
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