Anthony Weiner admits to more lewd photos

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted today to sending additional sexually explicit photos and texts to a woman he met online — an exchange she says began more than a year after he resigned from Congress for similar behavior.

The allegation could severely test voters' willingness to forgive Weiner, who has said he spent the two years since the scandal trying to make things right with his wife and earn redemption. Three of his rivals for mayor immediately called on Weiner to drop out of the race.

Weiner, who resigned his House seat in June 2011 after acknowledging having sexual conversations with at least a half-dozen women, has been near the top of most mayoral polls since his late entry into the race this spring.

The newly revealed X-rated correspondence was posted Monday by the gossip website The Dirty. The woman involved was not identified.

"I said that other texts and photos were likely to come out and today they have," Weiner said in a statement issued by his campaign. "I want to again say that I am very sorry to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption this has caused."