紐約市長候選人安東尼•韋納承認“豔照門”

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.

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.

'Carlos Danger'

Briefly taking questions after the statements, Mr Weiner admitted that some of the online activity in question had taken place as late as summer last year.

The woman at the centre of the latest allegations has said they began exchanging messages in July 2012 and continued for six months.

She said she was 22 years old when they made contact on the social networking website Formspring.

The woman claimed Mr Weiner had 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."

Mr Weiner has previously said he should not have denied posting lewd photos 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.

She gave birth to the couple's son, Jordan, later that year.

Mr Weiner will find out how damaging his latest conduct has been in September's primary elections, when Democratic voters decide if he or one of his rivals should represent their party in the mayoral race.

He is not the only disgraced politician aiming for a comeback.

Two weeks ago, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer - who resigned in 2008 after admitting to paying for sex with prostitutes - announced his candidacy for city comptroller.據BBC今天凌晨的消息，兩年前由於“猥褻照”事件離開美國國會的前議員安東尼·韋納，作爲下屆紐約市長的熱門人選，近日又爆出了“豔照門”，他承認曾在社交網站上發送露骨信息給一名年輕女子。

在妻子胡瑪·阿貝丁的陪伴下，安東尼·韋納於本週二在紐約舉行了新聞發佈會，宣讀了事先準備好的講稿，並就自己的所作所爲致歉。

“我現在早已痛改前非。我已經向我的妻子胡瑪道過歉了，非常感激她始終不離不棄地陪伴着我經歷這一切，並且原諒了我。對於那些看到我照片的人，很抱歉打擾了你們的生活，我再次向你們道歉。”安東尼在發佈會上說。

據指控安東尼的女子稱，她和安東尼於2012年7月起開始在社交網站Formspring上互發信息，當時她22歲。安東尼將他們間的猥褻對話稱作“卡洛斯危險”，這種關係一直持續了半年。

“我只是想告訴大家，他雖然表現得好像已經洗心革面了，但其實只是在欺騙大衆。”這名女性告訴The Dirty網站的記者。

2011年，安東尼曾爆出在推特上發佈猥褻照片的醜聞，但當時他稱自己賬號被盜，後來又承認確有此事，並聲明此前之所以否認是因爲不希望刺激當時有孕在身的妻子。

在今年九月即將進行的紐約市長初選中，安東尼將深刻意識到這次“豔照門”所帶來的惡劣影響。屆時，民主黨選民將決定他或者其競爭對手是否能夠代表他們的政黨參與市長競選。