Anthony Weiner to begin 21 month prison sentence for sexting conviction
Former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner, who was sentenced to 21 to 27 months in prison for sending obscene material to a 15-year-old North Carolina high school student, must report to federal prison by Monday. Weiner, is scheduled to surrender by 2 p.m. Monday at Devens Federal Medical Center in Massachusetts.
Weiner, 53, who pleaded guilty last May to a single count of transferring obscene material to a minor, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
The disgraced politician will serve his time in FMC Devens, located about 40 miles west of Boston. The facility houses more than 1,100 male inmates who require medical or mental health care. It also offers sex offender treatment and over 100 more at an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.
Following his release from prison, Weiner will be subject to online supervision, he will pay $10,000 fine and will take part in a treatment program. The former Democratic congressman’s sex addiction came to light in 2015 after a picture surfaced that he sent of himself in his underwear with his son sleeping next to him.
Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, did not appear at his sentencing in September. She has since filed for divorce.