Once again in the spotlight for conducting an illicit online relationship with a woman he was not married to Anthony Weiner has admitted that there are at least two more women out there who have not made their relationships with the mayoral candidate public, according to CBS News.
Weiner told reporters at a campaign event in Brooklyn that he had engaged in three online relationships since he had resigned from Congress. Without giving specifics Weiner said that in total there are 6-10 women with which he has exchanged X-rated messages over the years, according to Politico.
"There were more than - there were a few. I don't have a specific number for you," Weiner said. "There were a few. I said at the time of my resignation there have been six. I don't think in total there are any more."
When pressed to give a more specific number Weiner explained that it was difficult for him to do so.
"Here's the problem: there are people I've had exchanges with that are completely appropriate...there were no pictures, no illicit texts or anything like that," Weiner said. "If those people want to say they don't like the exchanges either, I don't know where to put them."
The new scandal began when an online gossip site, The Dirty, posted screenshots of messages between Weiner and 23-year-old Sydney Leathers, an aspiring political blogger from rural Indiana.
Weiner has apologized and his wife, Huma Abedin, has also made statements supporting the former congressman. For now, Weiner shows no signs of slowing down his quest to become mayor of New York City, according to CBS News.
"I thought these things would come out by the end of the campaign, and some of them have," Weiner said. "Look, I am pressing forward, running a campaign about the issues and I'm getting a good response."
According to a NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll Weiner isn't getting the good response he spoke of from potential Democratic voters; Weiner now trails City Council Speaker Christine Quinn by 9 points, Reuters reports.
Some have been pressuring Weiner to step out of the race. One of the loudest voices condemning him belongs to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
"The conduct of some of these people that we're talking about here is reprehensible," Pelosi said. "It is so disrespectful of women, and what's really stunning about it is they don't even realize it. They don't' have a clue."
Pelosi was joined in calling for Weiner to quit his campaign by three other mayoral candidates, two New York congressman and some major newspapers, according to CBS News.
"He is not fit to lead America's premier city," an editorial from the New York Daily News said. "Lacking the dignity and discipline that New York deserves in a mayor, Weiner must recognize that his demons have no place in City Hall."
Weiner refuted the demands in an email he sent out to supporters vowing to stay in the race, according to CBS News.
"With 47 days left until the primary, some powerful voices are making it clear that they still don't want me to run," Weiner said in an email to supporters. "This race for Mayor isn't about me. It's about you. And I'll never lose sight of that."
One more person that doesn't want to see Weiner continue his campaign is the mother of Sydney Leathers.
"I have nothing to say except God help New York if he gets to be mayor," Laura Leathers told The New York Daily News. "You can print that."
