Judge unzips Weiner
Rules divorce case can’t be anonymous
Serial sexter Anthony Weiner has been exposed again.
A Manhattan judge has yanked a confidentiality caption that was shielding the disgraced congressman’s divorce case with his soonto-be ex-wife, Huma Abedin, from the public.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Katz has decided to remove the “Anonymous v. Anonymous” designation from the couple’s pending lawsuit.
A court spokesman confirmed that the case will soon be referred to in public records as Abedin v. Weiner. Matrimonial records are sealed, and the judge chose not to use his authority to release his decision about the anonymous caption.
Weiner’s long-suffering spouse finally filed for the split in May, six years after photos of his crotch first leaked online — ultimately leading him to resign from Congress.
During their first divorce hearing last week, Abedin’s lawyer asked the judge to keep the case hush-hush.
“Because there is a child involved, we’d like to keep these proceedings secret to the extent your honor will allow,” attorney Amy Donehower said.
Weiner and Abedin’s son, Jordan Zain Weiner, is 5. Abedin separated from Weiner last year after The Post published another damn- ing shot — this time with then-toddler Jordan in the photo.
The judge did not rule from the bench at the time but expressed skepticism about the request.
“I appreciate the parties’ request to keep this as quiet as possible, but as a practical matter, it does not appear to me that, despite your attempt to have this be anonymous, it’s particularly anonymous,” he said.
The first few rows of the courtroom gallery were filled with reporters.
Lawyers for Weiner, 53, and Abedin, 41, did not comment.
The former congressman is expected to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Sept. 25 for sexting with a minor.
His lawyers have argued that his “crime is a product of a sickness.” They’ve asked for no jail time, claiming his sexually explicit text exchanges with the 15-year-old victim was the response of “a weak man at the bottom of a selfdestructive spiral.”
Abedin made her own plea to the federal judge, saying, “I have repeatedly found myself in circumstances I never imagined.” She asked the judge to consider the couple’s son before delivering the sentence.
Weiner faces up to 10 years in jail, but prosecutors have recommended between 21 and 27 months as part of a plea deal that also requires him to register as a sex offender.