The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska resigned Tuesday night subsequent to admitting to a “inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local reporter.
Ethan Berkowitz’s head of staff announced the resignation at an Anchorage Assembly meeting, KTUU reported.
“It is with significant sadness and humility that I resign as the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage,” Chief of Staff Jason Bockenstedt said, reading the statement.
Berkowitz on Monday said he had a “consensual” however “inappropriate” relationship with Maria Athens, an anchor for the local Fox and ABC associated news stations, quite a while back.
Athens on Friday posted a video to her professional Facebook page alleging Berkowitz uploaded an illicit photo of himself to “an underage girls website.”
She later posted to the page a nude image purporting to be Berkowitz.
Berkowitz denied Athens’ claims “slanderous” and “categorically false” in a statement released Friday.
Athens had found herself in her own legal trouble Friday, when she was arrested at work later in the day for allegedly punching a station manager with whom she was romantically involved, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
