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<\/p>\nA CANDIDATE for New York's City Council was seen gagged and wearing nipple clamps while enjoying a sadomasochism bondage session in a video leaked to Twitter.<\/p>\n
Zack Weiner, a 26-year-old screenwriter who's running for city council in Manhattan, is seen in the footage subjecting himself to various punishing acts by a leather-clad dominatrix. <\/p>\n
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The video was captured inside Midtown's Parthenon studio, famed for its high-end BDSM dungeons, around 18 months ago. <\/p>\n
During the video, the dominatrix is seen pouring wax over a gagged Weiner and attaching clothespins to his nipples.<\/p>\n
It was first posted to social media but an anonymous and temporarily suspended account, which wrote: "My magnificent domme friend played with Upper West Side city council candidate Zack Weiner and I\u2019m the only one who has the footage."<\/p>\n
Weiner quickly fessed up to being the man depicted in the video and released a statement on his Twitter page on Saturday.<\/p>\n
He also insisted he is not ashamed of his kinky exploits, claiming to be a "proud BDSMer."<\/p>\n
"I didn\u2019t want anyone to see that, but here we are. I am not ashamed of the private video circulating of me on Twitter. This was a recreational activity that I did with my friend at the time, for fun," he said. <\/p>\n
Weiner continued that "like many young people", he has grown up in a time where "some of our most private moments have been documented online."<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a proud BDSMer. I like BDSM activity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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Weiner declined to name the former girlfriend pictured alongside him in the footage.<\/p>\n
He also said he's unsure who is behind the leaking of the footage.<\/p>\n
"It's definitely a violation of trust," Weiner said.<\/p>\n
The original post has since been removed from Twitter but screenshots of the video have been shared to Weiner's campaign page on Facebook. <\/p>\n
Campaign manager Joe Gallagher said the account that posted the clip was briefly suspended but has since been reinstated.<\/p>\n
The video's emergence has thrust Weiner into the spotlight, having found himself somewhat of a peripheral figure in the race for the Upper West Side's 6th District.<\/p>\n
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Weiner has raised little over $10,000 in campaign contributions since entering the race, a large majority of which has come from Weiner and Gallagher themselves.<\/p>\n
His campaign website lists no endorsements.<\/p>\n
According to the "Meet Zack" section of the page, Weiner is the co-founder of a film production called Stag that has produced three films that have collectively grossed more than $1 million. <\/p>\n
His father, Eric Weiner, is a co-creator of the popular children\u2019s TV show \u201cDora The Explorer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weiner writes on his website that he is "not a career politician".<\/p>\n
"Zack is writing a better script for tomorrow\u2019s New York inspired by the vision of his community," he writes. "It\u2019s a script which is open to edits from you, the voter, and only you."<\/p>\n