大卫·沙利文以1.5亿英镑的赔偿金起诉英国广播公司（BBC），理由是该电视台在一部纪录片中多次指控他存在性不当行为。
David Sullivan is suing the BBC for £150m over multiple claims of sexual misconduct made in a documentary.
目前仍担任西汉姆联足球俱乐部联合所有人的沙利文，已委托律师向高等法院提起诉讼，指控BBC在其6月份播出的纪录片《Predator: The Billionaire Football Boss》中进行了虚假报道。
Lawyers acting for Sullivan, who remains West Ham United’s co-owner, have lodged a high court claim against the corporation over its Panorama investigation “Predator: The Billionaire Football Boss”, which was broadcast in June. It featured three women who alleged Sullivan had abused his power as the owner of the Sport newspapers to prey on them for sex when they were seeking work.
这部纪录片中有三名女性称，沙利文利用自己作为《Sport》报纸所有者的权力，在她们求职时对她们进行性骚扰。另有四名女性指控沙利文存在剥削和掠夺性行为，包括他在商务会议中试图强迫她们发生性关系。
A further four women accused Sullivan of exploitative and predatory behaviour, including allegations he had tried to pressure them into sex during business meetings. As part of a joint investigation, the and the Times said their reporters had spoken to dozens of former models and industry insiders, with some sources alleging Sullivan was known for “casting couch” behaviour.
《泰晤士报》与BBC联合开展的调查显示，记者们采访了数十名前模特和行业内部人士；部分消息人士指出沙利文有“利用职权进行性骚扰”的不良记录。
The former pornographer vowed to take legal action against the BBC even before the programme had aired. In a statement in which he also resigned as West Ham’s co-chair, he said the accusations were “factually incorrect and entirely false”.
早在纪录片播出之前，这位前色情业人士就表示将采取法律行动。他在一份声明中同时辞去了西汉姆联联合主席的职务，并称这些指控“完全不属实”。
“The false allegations levelled against me have been sensationalised by the media,” he said. “After a lifetime spent building businesses in the adult industry in which I have met thousands of women, it is sadly inevitable that a small number of improper conduct claims are being made against me. I categorically deny these claims.”
沙利文的诉讼文件中指控BBC在纪录片中“诽谤他并散布恶意谎言”，称该节目对他的声誉和商业利益造成了“严重、不可挽回的损害”。文件指出，这些虚假指控导致他遭到公众的强烈谴责、商业上的巨大损失（包括银行账户被冻结、业务遭受严重打击以及经济损失）。BBC方面拒绝对此事发表评论。
Sullivan’s high court claim, first seen by the Telegraph, accuses the BBC of “libel and malicious falsehood” in airing the documentary. It states the show caused Sullivan “grave, catastrophic, and irreparable harm” to his reputation and business interests. It states that the programme’s claims opened the 77-year-old up to “profound public hatred, universal ridicule, and global opprobrium”, as well as “immediate and severe commercial alienation, banking disruption, and quantifiable financial destruction”.
尽管沙利文已经辞去了西汉姆联联席主席的职务，但他仍然是这家英冠俱乐部最大的股东，拥有39%的股份。
The BBC declined to comment. While Sullivan has resigned as West Ham’s co-chair, he remains the Championship club’s largest shareholder, owning 39% of its shares.
此外还有消息称，由于一项保障调查，沙利文自2023年起就被限制与西汉姆联女子球队和青年队进行接触。
It has also emerged that Sullivan has faced restrictions on his contact with West Ham’s women’s and youth teams since 2023 because of a safeguarding investigation.
英格兰足球总会于三年前在收到一项投诉后开始进行调查，《卫报》获悉，该投诉涉及一项与足球无关的性骚扰指控。
The Football Association began an inquiry three years ago after receiving a complaint, which the Guardian understands involves an allegation of sexual misconduct unrelated to football.
沙利文通过律师表示，这些限制是一项“协商达成的临时协议”的一部分，有关的保障调查与一起发生在1981年某活动上的“单一匿名投诉”有关。他表示，被指控的事件“从未发生过”。
Sullivan said through lawyers that the restrictions were part of a “negotiated and temporary agreement” and that the safeguarding investigation related to a “single anonymous complaint” from an event in 1981. He said the alleged incident “never happened”.
在该BBC纪录片播出后，节目主持人托尼·利夫西已退出该广播公司。在其职业生涯早期，利夫西曾担任沙利文旗下的《体育报》总编辑。BBC的调查让这位62岁的主持人面临质疑，其中一名声称的受害者表示，他曾安排她与沙利文会面。
After the BBC documentary, the presenter Tony Livesey stepped back from the broadcaster Earlier in his career, Livesey had been the editor-in-chief of Sullivan’s Sport newspapers. The BBC investigation raised questions for the 62-year-old, with one alleged victim saying he had arranged a meeting between her and Sullivan.
利夫西表示，他“毫无记忆”曾将这名年轻女子介绍给沙利文，这样做也“不是他工作的一部分”。他说，自己与任何出现在报纸上的人（例如女模特）“几乎没有任何”接触。
Livesey has said he has “no recollection” of introducing the young woman to Sullivan and that it was “not part” of his job to do so. He said he had had “practically zero” contact with anyone appearing in the paper, such as female models.
又一场备受瞩目的法律诉讼对BBC来说将是一个打击，该机构目前正疲于应付唐纳德·特朗普对其提起的诉讼。这位美国总统因《全景》节目将一段演讲的两部分剪辑拼凑在一起而采取了法律行动。
Another high-profile legal case would be a blow for the BBC, which is already fighting a claim brought against it by Donald Trump. The US president has taken legal action over an episode of Panorama that spliced together two parts of a speech.
BBC已为此次剪辑公开道歉，但一贯坚称该节目并未对特朗普构成诽谤。
The BBC has apologised for the edit, but has always maintained the programme did not defame Trump.