Manhattan City Council candidate caught with dominatrix in leaked video

[brooklynite]

New York Post

Zack Weiner, 26, a City Council candidate running in Manhattan, has found his campaign tied up after video of him enjoying a sadomasochism session found its way onto Twitter.

“My magnificent domme friend played with Upper West Side city council candidate Zack Weiner and I’m the only one who has the footage,” reads a tweet from the anonymous account which posted the video last week.

The footage — flagged to The Post by Weiner’s own campaign manager — shows a gagged Weiner, unable to speak, subjecting himself to various abuses by a leather-bound woman who pours wax on him and clips his nipples with clothespins.

The footage was filmed at Parthenon studio in Midtown — which is known for its high-quality BDSM dungeons.

Link to tweet

Only in New York.....

[Elessar Zappa]

1. Big deal.

[brooklynite]

2. People (especially politicians) need to remember that the internet is forever.

[Elessar Zappa]

4. They do but

I’m not particularly scandalized by this. Then again, I’m not a NYC voter so what do I know?

[brooklynite]

6. Doesn't bother me either, but I'm willing to bet a number of voters have issues with it.

FWIW - there are five other candidates on the ballot with more experience (Weiner is 26) and fewer.....distractions.

[CrackityJones75]

14. Was this on the internet?

Did he put it on the internet?

[Blue_true]

20. Exactly. And don't freaking run for public office if they do stuff like that. nt

[Jedi Guy]

3. What goes on between consenting adults is their business, and theirs alone. N/T

[whathehell]

15. Yeah, so they should keep it to themselves..

[FreeState]

25. He didn't release the video n/t

[Pachamama]

5. Dom's for Weiner!!!

Hey - if I could vote there...

[Haggard Celine]

7. I hope for his sake that he doesn't

get compared to Anthony Weiner. If he loses, I don't think it will be because of this. New Yorkers have seen it all, and I doubt they'll be upset about this.

[Scrivener7]

8. His response is perfect.

[LakeArenal]

9. "Ooops". Classic.

[sarisataka]

16. It was brilliant and refreshing

No shame, no apology and a redirect to campaign issues

[brewens]

10. Some of my best friends are dominatrix, just don't tell them I said that. :) n/t

[Blue_true]

21. I bet you have some stories to tell.

Seriously, there are enough people (even liberals) put off by that stuff that a person running for public office with that history shouldn’t.

[blogslug]

11. Everyone is a consenting adult

Good for him for not denouncing a private activity that he enjoys.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Omigod, I read the thread title too fast! I saw "Manhattan Beach" and lost it!

I couldn't believe someone from my little town would make a splash like this!

And then.........I read it more carefully.


Ooops is right.

[CrackityJones75]

13. Why does it say "Caught"?

As far as I can tell he isn’t doing anything illegal is he? This type of shit has to stop. OH MY GOD HE WAS DOING SOMETHING SEXUAL THAT DOESN’T FIT INTO OTHERS BOX AS ACCEPTABLE!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. This

[LiberatedUSA]

18. Consenting adults. Nothing to see here.

Don’t get the kink, but don’t have to. His sexual activities are legal, therefore private and none of our business.

[brooklynite]

19. The problem is that there IS something to see here...

He wasn't going to win the Council Primary anyway, but I'm not sure this is going to help his future job searches...

[Blue_true]

22. A lot of people are not as open minded as you.

Do I want him in public office? No.

Would I not hire him because of his sexual predilection? Depends upon what the rest of his character is, if that is sound, no reason not to hire him.

[Downtown Hound]

23. The only reasons this should be an issue are:

He's married and running as some type of family values candidate.

He's against equal rights for LGBTQ. If he feels he has the right to dictate what other people do in their bedrooms then we have a right to dictate what he does in his.

Other than those, I could care less about this and think we should strongly stop demonizing people for having sexual kinks and fetishes as long as they are done between consenting adults.

[brooklynite]

24. What voters SHOULD care about and what they DO care about are sometimes different.

[gratuitous]

26. "A studio known for its high-quality BDSM"

Not for much longer if tapes of sessions get out like this. The clientele will vanish.

[brooklynite]

27. The candidate in question is 26....

...I get the impressive that that "kids today" have fewer concerns about how they appear on social media.

[IcyPeas]

28. His Twitter name is @ELECTWEINER

It just takes a one letter typo to change this into something else. Was that name chosen seriously? Is he for real?