Anthony Weiner Photos: Women With Whom Congressman Had Online Relationships

Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is resigning, sources confirmed to The Huffington Post on Thursday morning, as calls from Democrats for him to step down rose steadily since news broke last month that he had mistakenly tweeted a photo of his crotch to a 21-year old college student in Seattle.

The congressman had already announced he would be taking a two-week leave from the House for rehab. The combination of family pressure and personal embarrassment apparently became too big a hurdle to overcome. It was recently reported that his wife, Huma Abedin, is pregnant with the pair's first child.

On June 6, Weiner admitted that he had had ongoing online relationships with six women, and said that he talked to his wife about ones that predated their wedding last summer.

Here are the women:

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When Lee's name first appeared in connection to Weiner -- Lee tweeted on March 13 that Weiner had sent her a direct message on Twitter -- both she and the congressman dismissed any notion that they had a relationship. "This is another person who I -- has gotten dragged into this for no reason other than she was following me and asked to be followed by me," Weiner told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on June 1, as he sought to keep the lid on the scandal. "I think what this is about is a fairly pro forma thing that goes out that I send out to people as I follow them." But on Wednesday, the former porn star appeared at a press conference in New York to set the record straight. She and Weiner exchanged approximately 100 emails starting in March, but she says that while his messages to her were at times inappropriate, she did not encourage his lewd behavior. "I did not sext Anthony Weiner," Lee said in a statement. "I did not send photos to him or receive photos from him. Any time he would take conversations in a sexual direction, I would not reciprocate." Lee said that when the scandal broke, she emailed Weiner for advice on how to handle the media scrutiny, but eventually decided that his request that she deny any relationship with him crossed the line. "He asked me to lie about our communication," Lee said on Wednesday. "I think that Anthony Weiner should resign, because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week," Lee concluded.

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When Lee's name first appeared in connection to Weiner -- Lee tweeted on March 13 that Weiner had sent her a direct message on Twitter -- both she and the congressman dismissed any notion that they had a relationship.

"This is another person who I -- has gotten dragged into this for no reason other than she was following me and asked to be followed by me," Weiner told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on June 1, as he sought to keep the lid on the scandal. "I think what this is about is a fairly pro forma thing that goes out that I send out to people as I follow them."

But on Wednesday, the former porn star appeared at a press conference in New York to set the record straight.

She and Weiner exchanged approximately 100 emails starting in March, but she says that while his messages to her were at times inappropriate, she did not encourage his lewd behavior.

"I did not sext Anthony Weiner," Lee said in a statement. "I did not send photos to him or receive photos from him. Any time he would take conversations in a sexual direction, I would not reciprocate."

Lee said that when the scandal broke, she emailed Weiner for advice on how to handle the media scrutiny, but eventually decided that his request that she deny any relationship with him crossed the line.

"He asked me to lie about our communication," Lee said on Wednesday.

"I think that Anthony Weiner should resign, because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week," Lee concluded.

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[misterwolfy]

11:00 PM on 06/22/2011

Got shame?

[rmjagg]

12:52 AM on 06/18/2011

lisa weiss is a ringer for tori spelling

[fineartgalaxy]

02:53 PM on 06/17/2011

If he needs to apologize for his "lies", then the entire Congress, the Pentagon and the WW should also resign.

[aphextwin07]

02:30 PM on 06/17/2011

lol..

[Mr Nightlinger]

02:07 PM on 06/17/2011

When do we get to see the list of children molested systematically by the Catholic church and the Vatican? They deserve 15 minutes each also.

[rmjagg]

12:47 AM on 06/18/2011

centuries of children

[Mr Nightlinger]

02:05 PM on 06/17/2011

Wouldya?

[JoanMeijer]

01:01 PM on 06/17/2011

I didn't read this article but I did want to comment on it.

*I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANTHONY WEINER.

*I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS WOMEN.

*I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS WIFE.

*I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER MENTION OF HIM EVER....

*STOP WRITING ABOUT HIM....

*IT'S OVER.

*HE'S GONE.

*THE END.

*GET BACK TO THE NEWS.

[Mr Nightlinger]

02:09 PM on 06/17/2011

Hm. I will have to do more hours of extensive and exhaustive research on Ginger Lee before determining if I care or not.

[redsongia]

11:57 AM on 06/17/2011

This is no way to treat a fan.

[Bude]

10:58 AM on 06/17/2011

There's gold in them there hills!

[Hans Meiser]

10:50 AM on 06/17/2011

Here come the grifters... the weapons of mass distraction!

[redsongia]

11:53 AM on 06/17/2011

This is the worst example of grifterhood I've ever seen. He never even met these women and out they come. Especially the porn star, who's entire career is posing for sexual pictures and films and inviting the public to fantasize about her, that she would go on a press tour expressing outrage is just beyond reason. She should have gone on a press tour defending the right to fantasize on the internet if she wanted to promote her business.

[JudgeCCrater]

10:46 AM on 06/17/2011

Oh, and when do we see an equivalent list of Vitter's women?

[redsongia]

11:54 AM on 06/17/2011

They're too ashamed.

[mdlawyer2]

04:36 PM on 06/17/2011

Hardly, their pros.

[mdlawyer2]

04:37 PM on 06/17/2011

I meant they're pros. Friday afternoon brain f_rt.

[rmjagg]

12:54 AM on 06/18/2011

" an equivalent list of Vitter's women? " .... or his diapers

[JudgeCCrater]

10:45 AM on 06/17/2011

Why isn't Michelle Bachmann on this list? C'mon HuffPo! Let's spice things up.

[Six Gator]

10:24 AM on 06/17/2011

why do people still twitter?...NOTHING good has come from that "oh-my-what-are-you-doing-now" form of socializing....

[wjhamilton29464]

02:12 PM on 07/13/2011

We use it to track public transit performance here in Charleston, for which it is useful.

[TVMVT]

10:00 AM on 06/17/2011

The only woman Weiner has a chance of scoring with now is probably Pelosi.

[WASP91101]

10:48 AM on 06/17/2011

NO CHANCE SHE IS PISSED BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T GET PHOTOS TO GO WITH ONES SHE HAS OF ARNIE

[Alicia Flowers]

09:33 AM on 06/17/2011

This woman is loving her 15 minutes of fame at Weiner's expense. Why does she need a lawyer? Movie and book deal probably in the works...(lol) She'll get paid and make money off this. Had you heard of her? (may not be safe for you to answer that question)...Note that she is a "former" porn star. Probably figures she doesn't need that gig anymore.

[rmjagg]

12:56 AM on 06/18/2011

her shelf life expired