政府将在一名为改变法律而进行运动的女性放弃匿名权、公开声称自己在16岁时被罗素·布兰德强奸后，考虑修改同意年龄。
The government will consider changing the age of consent after a woman campaigning for a change in the law waived her right to anonymity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand at 16.
现年37岁的米娅·拉特尔指称，这位喜剧演员在他们为期三个月的关系结束时口交强奸了她，当时她16岁，布兰德30岁。
Mia Latter, who is now 37, alleges that the comedian orally raped her towards the end of their three-month relationship, when he was 30 years old.
在接受《星期日泰晤士报》采访时，她呼吁引入分阶段的同意年龄，认为“成年人不应被允许与未成年人发生性关系”。该提议的改变将使成年人与16、17岁青年的关系成为非法。
In an interview with The Sunday Times, she called for the introduction of a staggered age of consent, arguing that "adults shouldn't be allowed to have sexual relationships with children". The proposed change would make relationships between adults and 16 and 17-year-olds illegal.
首席大臣路易丝·海格在接受该报采访时表示，虽然改变同意年龄将是“一项重大举措”，但需要进行充分审查。
Louise Haigh the first secretary of state, told the newspaper that while changing the age of consent would be a "massive step", it needs to be properly scrutinised.
她说：“我们需要倾听米娅以及其他经历过此类遭遇的受害者的声音，因为立法者必须把她们的经历放在我们考虑的核心。”
"We need to listen to Mia and other victims like her who have been through these experiences, because it's really important that as lawmakers their experience is at the heart of what we consider," she said.
“显然，改变同意年龄将是一次重大举措，但它值得进行适当的考虑和审查。我完全可以理解她为何会呼吁此事。”
"It clearly would be a massive step to change the age of consent, but it deserves proper consideration and scrutiny. I can absolutely understand why she is calling for it."
英国现行法律允许任何年龄的成年人与16、17岁青少年发生性行为。
Current laws in the UK make it legal for an adult of any age to have sex with 16 and 17-year-olds.
此前《星期日泰晤士报》《泰晤士报》以及Channel 4《Dispatches》纪录片曾报道，布兰德在其事业巅峰期间被指控在七年间实施强奸、性侵和情感虐待。布兰德当时否认所有指控。在纪录片及后续报道中，拉特尔女士以化名“爱丽丝”出现。
Brand was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse over a seven-year period at the height of his fame in previous reporting by the Sunday Times, The Times, and Channel 4 Dispatches documentary. Brand denied all allegations made against him at the time. In the documentary and subsequent reporting, Ms Latter was referred to under the pseudonym of Alice.
拉特尔女士在纪录片拍摄期间曾向警方作证，但她表示，英格兰及威尔士检察署决定不将她的案件纳入十月在南华克皇家法院对布兰德的审判中。
Ms Latter spoke to the police at the time of the documentary but said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to include her case in Brand’s trial at Southwark Crown Court, which started in October.
CPS“希望我参与后续审判，但他们说，决定[不将她列入首次审判]是在他在接受梅根·凯利和皮尔斯·摩根采访之后做出的，”她补充道。
The CPS "wanted me to be part of a subsequent trial, but they said that the decision was made [not to include her in the first trial] after he had done the Megyn Kelly and the Piers Morgan interviews", she added.
她被告知，她的案件不会被列入10月的审判，以免其变成“爱丽丝秀”，这是她在文章中的化名。“我对此感到非常沮丧，”她说。
She was told her case would not be included in the October trial to avoid it becoming "'the Alice show'", which was her pseudonym in the article. "I was devastated by it," she said.
今年早些时候，在接受播客主持人梅根·凯利采访时，布兰德曾说，他30岁时与一名16岁少女发生过性关系。
In an interview with podcast host Megyn Kelly earlier this year, Brand had said he had slept with a 16-year-old when he was 30.
拉特告诉《星期日泰晤士报》：“每次关于他的新闻再次出现时，评论总是围绕他与一名16岁少女的关系，这让我一次又一次地感到震惊。
Ms Latter told The Sunday Times: "It's shocking to me time and time again that whenever the news comes up again about him, it's always in the comments about the relationship with a 16-year-old. "That's not the most heinous bit.
“那并不是最恶劣的部分。但为什么大家都会集体卡在这个点上？我想我们都大致同意……成年人不应该被允许与儿童，即与未满18岁的人发生性关系。
But why is that the thing that everybody collectively gets stuck on? I think we all sort of agree that... adults shouldn't be allowed to have sexual relationships with children, with somebody under the age of 18.
“这真的不算什么巨大的跨越。”据报道，拉特已决定不再继续刑事诉讼，以便专注于她的运动。
"That really doesn't seem like a gigantic leap to take." Ms Latter has reportedly decided not to continue with the criminal process so she can focus on her campaign.
21岁男子在伦敦被刺死 教皇返回居住了20年的秘鲁 拉特说，她第一次见到布兰德时是16岁，地点在伦敦中心的莱斯特广场，当时她正从购物之旅回家。
Man, 21, stabbed to death in London Pope returns to Peru where he lived for 20 years Ms Latter said she was 16 when she first met Brand in Leicester Square, central London, while she was on her way home from a shopping trip.
她告诉该报，布兰德要了她的电话号码，后来给她发消息，问她是否想一起去吃晚饭。当她告诉他自己的年龄时，布兰德——当时在MTV工作——仍然要求与她见面，她说。
She told the newspaper that Brand asked for her number and later messaged her to ask if she wanted to go for dinner. When she told him her age, Brand - who was working at MTV at the time - still asked to meet up with her, she said.
布兰德本周早些时候因一项强奸罪和三项性侵犯罪，被判处10年6个月监禁。
Brand was sentenced earlier this week to 10 years and six months in jail for one count of rape and three of sexual assault.