San Diego's shamed mayor's 'successor has history of openly jerking off in restrooms'

Carl DeMaio, a potential successor for San Diego's disgraced mayor, Bob Filner, has been accused of masturbating openly in restrooms during his tenure as a City Councilman.

According to investigative site VoiceOfOC.org, DeMaio has been caught openly masturbating in restrooms on multiple occasions, the New York Post reported.

Former City Council president, Ben Hueso, said that when DeMaio, one of the leading Republican candidates to replace alleged serial sexual harasser Filner, was in the City Council, he would allegedly leave the dais during meetings to masturbate in a men's room.

Hueso said that he witnessed DeMaio in the act twice, but others suspect his inappropriate activity was more frequent.

The politician said he walked into the restroom some time in 2009 and saw his colleague, who is openly gay, standing at a urinal with his pants around his ankles.

Hueso told the website that when he saw DeMaio masturbating, DeMaio jumped to the sink, apologised six times, washed his hands and darted out of the washroom.

A City Councilwoman, Marti Emerald, confirmed the account, claiming that she saw a 'horrified-looking' Hueso right after the alleged incident.

Filner resigned this week amid allegations that he groped, kissed and made salacious comments toward 16 women.