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據(jù)《華盛頓郵報》《紐約郵報》等美媒當(dāng)?shù)貢r間4月5日報道，來自美國特拉華州的男子邁克爾·羅哈納（Michael Rohana）承認(rèn)，自己在費城一家博物館掰斷并偷走了一尊兵馬俑的拇指。
但報道稱，由于羅哈納與檢方達(dá)成認(rèn)罪協(xié)議，檢方撤銷了刑期最高30年的“盜竊和藏匿博物館文物”指控。 取而代之的是，羅哈納將承認(rèn)“跨州販運文物”罪名，這項罪名最高可判處兩年監(jiān)禁并處罰金2萬美元。 Michael Rohana, who was accused of damaging an ancient Chinese terracotta warrior, pleaded guilty to the charge. As part of his plea bargain, federal prosecutors dropped the most serious charges against him — theft and concealment of an object of cultural heritage from a museum, which could have put Rohana behind bars for up to 30 years. He will instead plead guilty to charges of interstate trafficking, which carries a maximum two-year prison sentence and $20,000 fine.
該案件發(fā)生于6年前，2017年，中國陜西省文物交流中心與美國費城富蘭克林科學(xué)博物館合作，借出10個兵馬俑在該館展出。2017年12月21日，美國特拉華州男子邁克爾·羅哈納在圣誕節(jié)派對后，偷偷溜進已經(jīng)閉館的博物館展廳，掰斷并盜走了正在展出的“騎兵俑”左手拇指，還在黑暗中與兵馬俑合影。Michael Rohana nicked the digit from the 2,000-year-old terracotta statue when he snuck into the closed-off exhibit while attending an ugly sweater party at the Franklin Institute in December 2017. He also put his arm around the famous “Cavalryman” statue and snapped a selfie with the sculpture, according to charging documents. 博物館事后報警，美國聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局抓獲犯罪嫌疑人，追回被盜拇指。羅哈納對此供認(rèn)不諱，但只稱自己犯了錯。據(jù)了解，受損的兵俑是當(dāng)時數(shù)千個中少有的被完全復(fù)原的兵俑之一，保價高達(dá)450萬美元。被損壞的兵馬俑拇指是在出土?xí)r斷裂的，經(jīng)修復(fù)后赴美參展，掰斷處正是修復(fù)處。展覽中方舉辦單位陜西省文物交流中心隨后發(fā)聲，表示在40多年來超過260次的文物外展中，如此惡性的事件真是“前所未有”。陜西省文物交流中心還稱將依法啟動追究民事責(zé)任部分，并依照《展覽協(xié)議書》進行經(jīng)濟索賠，其中法院判決書將成為索賠談判的重要依據(jù)。該中心稱，“手指事件”后，富蘭克林科學(xué)博物館及費城市政府均正式致函道歉。我方對損壞文物的行徑提出強烈譴責(zé)，要求美方就此事做出書面說明，并嚴(yán)懲“肇事者”。The owner of the exhibits, Shaanxi Cultural Relics Exchange Center, also known as Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, issued a statement, noting that such a vicious incident had never occurred in the more than 260 exhibitions overseas in the past four decades. The center stated that it would further initiate an investigation focusing on civil liability according to law, and make economic claims in accordance with the exhibition agreement, demanding that the US party severely punish the perpetrators, CCTV reported.
據(jù)美媒報道，該案在2019年第一次審判時因陪審團意見不一而宣判判決無效，美國聯(lián)邦檢察官隨后宣布申請重新審理。而由于美國新冠肺炎疫情暴發(fā)，以及中方專家因時任特朗普政府的中國游客入境限制無法赴美作證，原定于2020年2月的重審又一再推遲。
A jury was ultimately unable to come to a consensus in April 2019, and a mistrial was declared. A scheduled retrial in February 2020 was postponed after the outbreak of the coronavirus and the Trump administration's restrictions. 據(jù)《華盛頓郵報》報道，上周提交的法庭文件顯示，涉案美國男子羅哈納已與檢方達(dá)成認(rèn)罪協(xié)議，同意承認(rèn)“在州際貿(mào)易中販運考古資源”的指控，并將于4月17日在費城聯(lián)邦法院出庭接受判決。On March 28, prosecutors said in court filings that Rohana had agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of trafficking in interstate commerce in archaeological resources. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 17. 來源：觀察者網(wǎng) 紐約郵報 華盛頓郵報 環(huán)球時報
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