Anchorage, Alaska, mayor resigns over sex scandal: 'I am deeply sorry'
Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, a day after apologizing for what he described as a "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship," with a local television anchor.
Berkowitz, 58, on Monday admitted to having the relationship with Maria Athens, who was the anchor/reporter for television stations KTBY and KYUR which operate jointly as Your Alaska Link.
Athens, 41, had posted allegations against Berkowitz on social media Friday, plus a nude photo that she claimed showed the mayor's backside.
She was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct later in the day after police said they received a call about an altercation at the news station, the paper reported.
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There's Bat-#### crazy in those eyes!
Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, a day after apologizing for what he described as a "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship," with a local television anchor.
Berkowitz, 58, on Monday admitted to having the relationship with Maria Athens, who was the anchor/reporter for television stations KTBY and KYUR which operate jointly as Your Alaska Link.
Athens, 41, had posted allegations against Berkowitz on social media Friday, plus a nude photo that she claimed showed the mayor's backside.
She was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct later in the day after police said they received a call about an altercation at the news station, the paper reported.
Anchorage, Alaska, mayor resigns over sex scandal: 'I am deeply sorry'
Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, a day after apologizing for what he described as a "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship," with a local television anchor.
There's Bat-#### crazy in those eyes!
. Just another man thinking with the wrong head...
bat$^^% crazy is dead on.
