US Lawmaker admits sending his underpants photo to a lady

[emezico]

Married New York congressman Anthony Weiner has admitted sending a close-up picture of his underpants to a young woman, but says he will not resign.

The Democratic representative also acknowledged "inappropriate" communications with women online.

Mr Weiner had initially said his Twitter account had been hacked when a photo of a man's crotch was sent from it last week.

On Monday he admitted this was not true, saying that he had "panicked".

A tearful Mr Weiner told a news conference he was "deeply ashamed of my terrible judgement".

"I'm deeply regretting what I have done and I'm not resigning," he said, apologising for any pain caused to his family, constituents, supporters and staff.

He said he had intended to send the close-up picture of himself in his underpants as a direct message on Twitter.

"Once I realised that I had posted to Twitter I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked," Mr Weiner said.



Source: BBC