Joe Stagni, Kenner City Councilman, Apologizes For Sending Underwear Picture (PHOTO)

A Louisiana politician admitted to sending a picture of himself in his underwear to a city employee, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

"I had an inappropriate but consensual relation (sic) with an adult female and we exchanged improper electronic communications which ended (in) 2009," Kenner City, La. City Councilman Joe Stagni said in a statement.

According to location station Fox 8:

Stagni sent the picture via text message to a Kenner employee back in 2009. That text message was forwarded through Kenner's email system to at least one other employee.

WWL.com reports that the Republican local official didn't mean for the image in question to turn up a city computer server.

Fellow City Council member Brenda Amaya criticized the behavior demonstrated by Stagni as outrageous, according to local station WDSU. "It's his own private business, but since he's an elected official, it's not acceptable," she told the New Orleans-based outlet.

The Times-Picayune reports that Stagni issued an apology for his actions in a statement, noting that he's "asked for God's mercy and forgiveness" along with that of his wife and family.

Stagni's admission comes in the wake of ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) resigning after racy photos surfaced of him on Twitter and subsequently in reports online.

Below, the photo of Stagni that leaked into the public eye.

Comments

[trojoe]

01:34 PM on 07/03/2011

Could we all decide that this is no longer news? Every man with a libido and a camera phone has sent someone a photo of their junk. If a man denies it, he's lying. Welcome to the age of interconnectivity.

[tlcpro]

12:50 PM on 07/01/2011

Good God people! Keep the camera phone in your jacket!

[DawnK]

04:23 PM on 06/30/2011

God I hope Chris Chrisite never gets caught sending dirty pictures of himself to anyone.

[anthonyjcarrillo]

03:42 PM on 06/30/2011

heh, it's funny that the article did not mention that he is a republican and that he was married with children during that time...

[Angela Nicole Walker]

07:27 PM on 06/30/2011

Right!

[Moji]

01:55 PM on 06/30/2011

Do men really think girls get off on wifebeaters, underwear and pajamas???

[Goldmel]

01:55 PM on 06/30/2011

I don't want his apology! I want him out, period!

[abbadabba]

01:14 PM on 06/30/2011

Boys and their toys. They never tire of it?

[We Should Care]

09:36 AM on 06/30/2011

I just hope someone close to him lets him know he no longer has the body of a young man and should be embarrassed to think he looks good. Let's be truthful, he really looks better with his clothes on.....

[stumanchu35]

09:28 AM on 06/30/2011

His name is not Weiner.

[grammasher]

09:12 AM on 06/30/2011

While I think sending these kinds of pictures is stupid, I can't understand the uproar. Have you noticed some of the advertisements on this site? I think our country is suffering from schizophrenia.

[Pamela Lake]

08:47 AM on 06/30/2011

Note to Men In Any Position of Power (whether on a local, state or national level): please stop emailing pictures of yourselves with your clothes off. Or even pictures of you in your underwear. It really is not all that exciting and it wastes everyone's time.

[peskyliberal]

02:57 PM on 06/30/2011

Let take it one step further:
If you body does not look like a Marvel superhero....don't take a pic of it. PERIOD.

[CharlesW299]

08:06 PM on 07/08/2011

lol - while I agree, I cant help but wonder who is silly in this. A silly guy from the south who thinks I am interested in him in his underwear. Or, all of us that fuss over it.
I have not seen Anthony W's w, nor have I searched it out. Ditto for this guy.
But surely I can choose to ignore it, so why should they not send it? Especially if it is legal and by adult mutual consent. (I assume it was both).
Maybe it is simply an indication that we have too much time on our hands...

[Justice1]

08:00 AM on 06/30/2011

everyone is finding out these people are missing something in their lives...all public servants need to be on notice, if you step out of the relm of ethics you must go...

[missdboat]

07:34 AM on 06/30/2011

Another case of Weiner envy.

[AbeMartin]

07:23 AM on 06/30/2011

I meant to keyboard the R&B group's name, TLC in the post below.

[UncleSquinky]

05:25 AM on 06/30/2011

So why isn't Chris Matthew spending two weeks of his shown on this case of inappropriate sexting by an elected official? Where's the outrage and the media circus?