a high school friend confirmed that the pair had raunchy online chats last summer , saying , “ i saw the messages and the message said ‘ anthony weiner .
her prescient conclusion : starting in 1996 , alexa internet has been donating their crawl data to the internet archive .
’ ” the friend claims that weiner ’s behalf at her first press conference , on tuesday evening abedin offered up a second defense of her husband , somewhat unwittingly .
buzzfeed has obtained images from facebook and formspring that seem to match the blurred shots posted on thedirty.com , and rummaged through the now - shuttered accounts .
she appears to be an indiana woman in her early twenties who was a field organizer for obama for america and listed weiner as number three on her list of heroes .
the young woman who leaked screenshots of her post - resignation sexting with anthony weiner told thedirty.com that she wanted to remain anonymous , but since we ’re dealing with the internet here , it took only a few hours for her to be identified .
in the piece , abedin explains , once again , why she decided to stay with her husband .
“ anthony has always been a smart , caring , and dedicated person , and while he ’s the same public servant who wants what ’s best for the people he represents , he is now something else — a better man , ” she says .
” the woman used the handles “ sydney leathers ” and “ sidneyelainexo , ” and buzzfeed reported early on wednesday morning that her name is sydney elaine leathers .