Setback for mayoral candidate Weiner on more sexting

Shamed US politician Anthony Weiner has admitted having at least three cyberaffairs since his 2011 resignation from Congress, in a fresh blow to his crumbling bid to become New York mayor.

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Sydney Leathers goes public on Anthony Weiner.Photo: Reuters

Published: 12:00am, 27 Jul 2013Updated: 3:12am, 27 Jul 2013

Shamed US politician Anthony Weiner has admitted having at least three cyberaffairs since his 2011 resignation from Congress, in a fresh blow to his crumbling bid to become New York mayor.

The new confession, forced out of the 48-year-old as he doggedly tried to press on with his campaign, came as a poll indicated his support has collapsed among registered Democrats.

The poll was the first since Tuesday's revelation that Weiner sent pictures of his genitalia to an activist last year, 12 months after he quit Congress and soon after the birth of his son.

More lewd photos allegedly sent by Weiner under the online pseudonym Carlos Danger were published on Thursday by the site that broke the story, The Dirty.com. Then the woman he was sending the pictures to, Sydney Leathers, appeared on television, calling him a "perpetually horny middle-aged man".

The 23-year-old from Indiana said she was going public because she felt "manipulated" by him. "Obviously, I felt like he's saying one thing to me, another thing to his wife, saying another thing on the campaign trail. I don't know who the real Anthony Weiner is, I guess."

Obviously, I felt like he's saying one thing to me, another thing to his wife, saying another thing on the campaign trail. I don't know who the real Anthony Weiner is, I guess

Sydney Leathers