两名女性对前佛罗里达州众议员马特·盖茨及另外两人提起联邦民事诉讼。她们指控这三名男子参与涉及年轻女性、毒品以及跨州旅行的所谓性贩卖计划。此诉讼进一步加深了围绕盖茨的性丑闻，该丑闻导致特朗普总统撤回了他对美国司法部长的提名。据报道，盖茨于2024年辞去众议员职务，当时众议院伦理委员会正接近完成对他所谓不当行为的调查。
Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit against former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz and two others. They accuse the three men of taking part in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and travel across state lines. The lawsuit adds to the sex scandal surrounding Gaetz, which led President Trump to drop his nomination for US attorney general. Gaetz also resigned from Congress in 2024, as the House Ethics Committee was close to completing its investigation into his alleged misconduct, as per reports.
诉讼内容据《迈阿密先驱报》报道，该33页的诉状于周一在佛罗里达州中区联邦法院提交。原告在诉状中被命名为简·多伊1号和简·多伊2号。
What the lawsuit saysAs per the Miami Herald, the 33-page complaint was filed Monday in the Middle District of Florida. The women are named Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 in the suit.
根据诉状，盖茨利用两名朋友物色年轻女性并给她们提供毒品，以便进行性行为。这两名朋友分别是乔尔·格林伯格——现已被定罪的前塞米诺尔县税务征收官，以及克里斯托弗·多沃思——前佛罗里达州共和党众议员。这些事件发生在2017年至2019年1月之间。
According to the lawsuit, Gaetz used two friends to find young women and give them drugs so that sexual encounters could happen. The friends are Joel Greenberg, the now-convicted former Seminole County tax collector, and Christopher Dorworth, a former Florida GOP House member. The incidents took place from 2017 to January 2019.
诉状称，简·多伊1号在2017年夏季被介绍认识盖茨时年仅20岁，简·多伊2号当时22岁。两人均表示，在格林伯格招募她们时没有稳定收入。
According to the lawsuit, Jane Doe 1 was 20 and Jane Doe 2 was 22 when they were introduced to Gaetz in the summer of 2017. Both said they had no stable income when Greenberg recruited them.
格林伯格目前正服联邦监狱11年刑期。他于2021年认罪，罪名包括对未成年人的性贩卖、电信欺诈、加重身份盗窃、跟踪以及阴谋。
Greenberg is now serving an 11-year federal prison sentence. He pleaded guilty in 2021 to sex trafficking of a minor, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, stalking and conspiracy.
诉状称，格林伯格通过寻求安排（Seeking Arrangement）网站找到了这些女性。据TMZ报道，该网站常被用来将年长富有人士与可能需要额外收入的年轻人联系起来。
The complaint says Greenberg found the women through the website Seeking Arrangement. As per TMZ, the site is commonly used to link older, wealthy people with young people who could use extra money.
诉讼称，格林伯格随后把她们介绍给一个包括盖茨和多尔沃斯在内的男性圈子。根据投诉，药物在聚会以及用于会面的私人住宅中被提供给这些女性。
911 录音显示，“错误呼叫”导致在克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）执行失败后，紧急救援被延误。女性们对盖茨的指控是什么？
The lawsuit says Greenberg then introduced them to a circle of men that included Gaetz and Dorworth. According to the complaint, drugs were given to the women at parties and at private homes used for the encounters.911 recordings indicate 'false call' confusion delayed emergency help after Christa Pike's failed executionWhat did the women allege about Gaetz?
据 TMZ 报道，匿名女子 1（Jane Doe 1）称她于 2017 年 7 月 15 日在一次聚会上通过格林伯格认识了盖茨。她声称当晚看到盖茨与一名 17 岁的少女发生性行为，随后他向该少女支付了 400 美元现金。
As per TMZ, Jane Doe 1 says she met Gaetz through Greenberg at a party on July 15, 2017. She claims that night she saw him have sex with a 17-year-old, whom she says he then gave $400 in cash.
匿名女子 1 称她从盖茨那里获得了超过 6,000 美元，匿名女子 2（Jane Doe 2）称她获得了超过 4,000 美元。根据 TMZ 报道，这些付款通过 Venmo 发送，备注如“Being my friend”（作为我的朋友）和“Just because”（仅仅因为）。
Jane Doe 1 says she got more than $6,000 from Gaetz, and Jane Doe 2 says she got more than $4,000. As per TMZ, the payments were sent on Venmo with notes like “Being my friend” and “Just because.”
匿名女子 2 称她于 2017 年 12 月认识了盖茨。她声称在服用摇头丸后，格林伯格和盖茨都与她发生了性关系。
Doe 2 says she met Gaetz in December 2017. She claims that after she took ecstasy, both Greenberg and Gaetz had sex with her.
两名女性都表示她们曾与盖茨一起旅行，包括前往拉斯维加斯、佛罗里达群岛和纽约市。
Both women say they went on trips with Gaetz, including to Las Vegas, the Florida Keys and New York City.
诉讼还称：“在此期间，盖茨是现任国会议员，自称是唐纳德·J·特朗普总统最亲密的知己和最忠诚的支持者之一。”谁是安娜·C·雷耶斯（Ana C Reyes）？
The lawsuit also says: “At the time of this venture, Gaetz was a sitting member of Congress, holding himself out to be one of President Donald J Trump’s closest confidants and most loyal supporters.”Who is Ana C Reyes?
拜登任命的法官抨击特朗普政府在华盛顿特区高尔夫球场的树木清除行动。盖茨的回应及伦理委员会报告盖茨否认了部分指控。他在接受《迈阿密先驱报》采访时表示：“我期待对原告进行证词，因为对我的许多指控都是虚假的。诉讼几乎完全依赖于一份未让我面对指控者的国会委员会报告。现在我终于有机会了。”
Biden-appointed judge blasts Trump administration over DC golf course tree removalGaetz’s response and the Ethics Committee reportGaetz has denied part of the claims. In a statement to Miami Herald, he said: “I look forward to taking the plaintiffs’ depositions because much of the conduct alleged against me is false. The lawsuit relies almost exclusively on a Congressional Committee report that didn’t allow me to confront my accusers. Now I will finally have that chance.”
据《迈阿密先驱报》报道，该诉讼由佛罗里达州律师斯宾塞·库文（Spencer Kuvin）提起，并使用了伦理委员会调查的大部分发现，后者已对外公开。
As per the Miami Herald, the suit was filed by Florida lawyer Spencer Kuvin and uses much of the findings of the Ethics Committee probe, which was later made public.
报告指出，有大量证据表明盖茨违反了众议院规定及联邦法律，具体行为包括：与未成年人发生性交易；使用并持有可卡因、摇头丸等违禁药物；收受超出规定限额的礼物，包括旅游费用与住宿费用；为与其发生性关系的女子伪造护照；妨碍委员会的调查工作。库文说道：“我期待在宣誓后对他进行询问，届时他将面临作伪证的处罚——而委员会此前却无法做到这一点。”
The report found “substantial evidence” that Gaetz broke House rules and federal laws by:paying for sex with a minorusing and possessing illegal drugs, including cocaine and Ecstasyaccepting gifts, including travel and lodging, above the allowed amountsfalsely getting a passport for a woman he was having sexual activity withobstructing the committee’s investigationKuvin said: “I look forward to taking his deposition under oath where he will be under penalty of perjury - which the committee wasn’t able to do.”