Former San Diego mayor sentenced to home confinement

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, who resigned his post after a string of sexual harassment allegations, was sentenced on Monday to probation and three months of home confinement on false imprisonment and battery charges involving three women. "I want to apologize to my family who have stood by me through this ordeal, to my loyal staff and supporters, to the citizens of San Diego and, most sincerely, to the women who I have hurt and offended," the ex-mayor said in court. If he violates his probation, Filner would face up to six months in jail, San Diego County Superior Court spokeswoman Karen Dalton said in an email. Filner will also be barred from seeking public office while he is on probation under the sentence imposed on him by San Diego Presiding Judge Robert Trentacosta.

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