--- title: Another Politician Snared by Woman at Center of Weiner Sexting Scandal description: An Indiana politician apologized for sexting the same woman who was at the center of the Anthony Weiner scandal in 2013. canonical: https://time.com/3741626/syndney-leathers/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-12T00:59:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:05:56.388Z article:section: Politics og:title: Another Politician Snared by Woman at Center of Weiner Sexting Scandal og:description: An Indiana politician apologized for sexting the same woman who was at the center of the Anthony Weiner scandal in 2013. og:url: https://time.com/3741626/syndney-leathers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496ac39da3cd1396/69878344cd68485ab109a1d2/487910683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Exxxotica 2014 Convention - May 2-3, 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Another Politician Snared by Woman at Center of Weiner Sexting Scandal twitter:description: An Indiana politician apologized for sexting the same woman who was at the center of the Anthony Weiner scandal in 2013. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496ac39da3cd1396/69878344cd68485ab109a1d2/487910683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Politician Apologizes for 'Sexting' with Woman at Center of Weiner Scandal > Sponsored content. 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Larry Marano—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 12, 2015 12:59 AM UTC An Indiana politician [apologized for sending illicit text messages](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/03/10/report-dem-moed-sexted-with-leathers-of-weiner-scandal/24710961/) to the same woman who was at the center of the Anthony Weiner “sexting” scandal in 2013. The gossip website TheDirty.com reported on Tuesday that Indiana state representative Justin Moed had responded to an ad posted by Sydney Leathers, the woman at the center of the sexting scandal that derailed Weiner’s campaign for New York City mayor. “I am truly sorry I have hurt the ones I love most with my poor judgment,” Moed, a second-term Democrat representing downtown Indianapolis, said in a statement to _The Indianapolis Star_. “This is a private matter and I ask for it to be treated as such.” TheDirty.com reported that Moed had attempted to hide his identity from Leathers, but his name was accidentally included in a leash and collar he ordered for her on Amazon.com. \[[The Indianapolis Star](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/03/10/report-dem-moed-sexted-with-leathers-of-weiner-scandal/24710961/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3741626/syndney-leathers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3741626/syndney-leathers/"},"headline":"Politician Apologizes for 'Sexting' with Woman at Center of Weiner Scandal","datePublished":"2015-03-12T00:59:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:05:56.388Z","description":"State representative represents Indianapolis","url":"https://time.com/3741626/syndney-leathers/","keywords":["States","Scandal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496ac39da3cd1396/69878344cd68485ab109a1d2/487910683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt496ac39da3cd1396/69878344cd68485ab109a1d2/487910683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Exxxotica 2014 Convention - May 2-3, 2014","caption":"Exxxotica 2014 Convention - May 2-3, 2014","creditText":"Larry Marano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3741626/syndney-leathers/","name":"Politician Apologizes for 'Sexting' with Woman at Center of Weiner Scandal"}}]}] ```