Woman in center of Anthony Weiner scandal has brother who played for the Indians (video)

And the Mariners, and the Rangers. That’s Ben Broussard, .263 career average in seven seasons in the big leagues (he was drafted by the Reds and won the Pioneer League batting title in his first year as a pro). And according to multiple sources, he’s the brother of Meagan Broussard, one of the women at the center of the Anthony Weiner penis-sexting storm. The Broussards are from Beaumont, Texas, and it looks like the Beaumont Enterprise did the initial legwork to dig up the brother-sister connection. Here’s Ben’s Twitter account, where there has been no activity since June 2.

ABC News:

Broussard, who describes herself as disinterested in politics and previously unaware of Weiner, said that she has never met the congressman in person and doesn’t “think he’s a bad guy.” And, she said, she actively participated in “sexting” — as she has done frequently with other men online — with the man she presumed to be Weiner.

During one flirtatious Facebook chat last month, Broussard said, she issued the man on the other end a challenge.

“I asked him to take a picture and write ‘me’ on it so I would know,” Broussard said in an interview.

The reply, she says, came moments later.

Also please be aware that the Beaumont Enterprise story includes the sentence: Southeast Texans need a little evidence to go along with their breakfast sausage.

Awesome.

Anyway, Ben Broussard retired from baseball in 2008 and is now a full time musician. A song from his self-titled album was featured on an episode of Dog, the Bounty Hunter. Yep. Here he is with a song from his second album, 2009′s Renovation:

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Meagan Broussard: The most famous Weiner in America has a thing for one Southeast Texan [Beaumont Enterprise]
Anthony Weiner’s internet beef Meagan is Ben Broussard’s sister [Busted Coverage]