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Definition of sexting
: the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone
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The public vote on their 10-year renewal came at a politically vulnerable time for Yenni, who was just acknowledging the sexting scandal.
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The former New York Democratic congressman will enter the plea in a federal courtroom in Manhattan in his latest sexting scandal involving a 15-year-old girl from North Carolina, the New York Times reports.
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Eleven days before the presidential election, Weiner's sexting turned into a political bomb for Democrats.
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Indeed, this is not the first sexting scandal that has embroiled Weiner’s political career.
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CNN reports that then-US Attorney Preet Bharara in New York is investigating allegations first reported in the Daily Mail, that Weiner had carried on a sexting relationship with the minor.
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Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty today in New York to a sexting relationship with a Gaston County teenager that may have helped turn the presidential election.
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The film follows Weiner’s run for mayor of New York in the wake of his first sexting scandal, and how another scandal broke midway through the campaign to doom his chances.
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In 2013, the embattled politician staged a comeback with a New York City mayoral campaign that was ultimately derailed when another sexting scandal broke.
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Origin and Etymology of sexting
blend of sex and texting
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