纽约市长候选人安东尼・韦纳被爆“艳照门”
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has admitted sending explicit messages to a woman, two years after he left Congress over a similar affair.
两年前由于“猥亵照”事件离开美国国会的前议员安东尼·韦纳，作为下届纽约市长的热门人选，近日又爆出了“艳照门”。
"Other texts and photos were likely to come out... today they have"
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".
In 2011, he said his Twitter account was hacked, but then admitted sending lewd photos to young women.
Flanked by his wife, Huma Abedin, at a press conference on Tuesday in New York, he apologised while reading from a prepared statement.
He also said he would not drop out of the city's mayoral race, which will be decided by voters in November. Three of his rivals immediately called on him to stand aside.
'Horrible mistakes'
Mr Weiner told reporters: "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 very sorry I am to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption that this has caused."
He said some of the latest reports were inaccurate, but refused to go into detail.
Ms Abedin then took to the podium and said: "Our marriage, like many others, has had its ups and its downs. It took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where I could forgive Anthony."
She continued: "Anthony's made some horrible mistakes, both before he resigned from Congress and after. But I do very strongly believe that it's between us and our marriage."
"I love him, I have forgiven him, I believe in him," she added.