Two state senators in Florida have admitted to cheating on their spouses while crossing the aisle.

The Sun-Sentinel reports state Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, and Senate Minority Leader Oscar Braynon, D-Miami Gardens, went public with their extramarital affair Tuesday after video allegedly showed Flores spending the night with Braynon at his apartment for several nights in a row.

"As this 2018 session of the Florida Legislature gets underway, we do not want gossip and rumors to distract from the important business of the people," Flores and Braynon said in a joint statement. "That's why we are issuing this brief statement to acknowledge that our longtime friendship evolved to a level that we deeply regret.

"We have sought the forgiveness of our families, and also seek the forgiveness of our constituents and God. We ask everyone else to respect and provide our families the privacy that they deserve as we move past this to focus on the important work ahead."

Braynon is a Democrat and the leader of the 15-member Senate Democratic Caucus. Flores is a Republican and chairs the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. Both are married.

According to the Sun-Sentinel, a website called floresbraynonaffair.com published videos from a hidden camera showing Flores entering a condo rented by Braynon in a Tallahasee apartment complex close to the Capitol. Another video showed Flores, who also rents a condo in the complex, leaving the next morning.

It's unclear who published the website and the videos.

The Miami Herald reports Braynon found a hidden surveillance camera at the complex in the final week of the 2017 legislative session and alerted building officials, who contacted law enforcement. An investigation found the camera belonged to Derek Uman, a private investigator in Gainesville who specializes in insurance fraud and "infidelity surveillance," as well as "political and corporate surveillance."

According to the Herald, Braynon had been warned by colleagues that Sen. Frank Artiles, R-Miami, wanted "revenge" after resigning two weeks earlier over racially charged remarks Artiles made to fellow senators.

The Sun-Sentinel reports the website that published the videos was registered on the same day that Florida State Senator Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, stepped down amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Latvala resigned Dec. 20, two months after another State Senator, Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, resigned after admitting to an affair with a lobbyist.