Anthony Weiner sentenced 21 months after sexting scandal
  • 7 years ago
Former congressman Anthony Weiner is getting sent to jail for 21 months after sending explicit photos of himself to a 15-year-old North Carolina girl. But it doesn't just stop at the slammer. He will also spend the rest of his life as a registered sex offender. Weiner's defense lawyer Arlo Devlin-Brown noted in court that Weiner was "at the depths of an uncontrolled sickness." "The sentencing should also reflect the specifics of Anthony's sickness, which Anthony has made enormous progress in addressing." Devlin-Brown But prosecutors claimed otherwise, arguing… He initially denied his conduct, he suffered personal and professional consequences, he publicly apologized and claimed reform," Yet he continued to engage in the very conduct he swore off, progressing ... to that which is also destructive to a teenage girl."