Ethan Berkowitz, the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, has announced he will resign following a bizarre outburst and accusation by a local news anchor, Maria Athens.
The situation evidently began after Athens was involved in some kind of altercation at the television studio where she works - of which her boyfriend is the station manager - after which Athens was banned from returning to the studio premises. It's unclear what the altercation was about; but shortly after the incident, Athens claimed on social media that she would be "running a story" that night revealing that Mayor Berkowitz had allegedly posted nude photos of himself on an underage girl's website. The story never "ran" of course and the mayor vehemently denied the accusation, and a police investigation quickly cleared him of any criminality; however, Berkowitz, who is married, nevertheless resigned after admitting that he had been engaged in a years-long "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with Athens.
Athens was arrested for trespassing, assault, and disorderly conduct after she returned to the TV station despite the ban and attacked the station manager there.
The situation evidently began after Athens was involved in some kind of altercation at the television studio where she works - of which her boyfriend is the station manager - after which Athens was banned from returning to the studio premises. It's unclear what the altercation was about; but shortly after the incident, Athens claimed on social media that she would be "running a story" that night revealing that Mayor Berkowitz had allegedly posted nude photos of himself on an underage girl's website. The story never "ran" of course and the mayor vehemently denied the accusation, and a police investigation quickly cleared him of any criminality; however, Berkowitz, who is married, nevertheless resigned after admitting that he had been engaged in a years-long "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with Athens.
Athens was arrested for trespassing, assault, and disorderly conduct after she returned to the TV station despite the ban and attacked the station manager there.
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