Observers fear a sex scandal in Auckland local politics could usher in a new era of sleaze . CNN was unable to independently confirm the authenticity of those exchanges . Auckland 's newly re-elected mayor Brown has been outed for a 25 years affair . His former mistress , two-year his junior , says she now wants to apologize . She claims to have been manipulated by another lover who worked for Len Brown 's rival .
Observers fear a sex scandal in Auckland local politics could usher in a new era of sleaze . Auckland 's newly re-elected mayor Brown has been outed for a 25 years affair . His former mistress , two-year his junior , says she now wants to apologize . She claims to have been manipulated by another lover who worked for Len Brown 's rival .