2026年8月19日 下午3:35 美东时间 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：凯特琳·伊莱克 政治记者
华盛顿讯——据一名女性的律师透露，该女性已向众议院道德委员会指控众议员吉米·戈麦斯对其实施性侵。目前该委员会正对这位加利福尼亚州民主党议员的性侵不当行为指控展开调查。
两党组成的该委员会周一表示，正在调查针对戈麦斯的多项指控，其中包括他“与一名众议院工作人员进行不当性接触”。
戈麦斯周一在一份声明中承认，自己“在婚姻之外犯下了个人过错”，且其“行为本质上是双方自愿的”。
这位不愿透露姓名的女性的律师驳斥了戈麦斯关于行为是自愿的说法。
“我们代理的一名女性曾就众议员吉米·戈麦斯对其实施性骚扰和性侵的经历，接受了众议院道德委员会的询问。与戈麦斯在声明中的说法相反，针对我方当事人的行为并非‘双方自愿’。我们完全期待众议院道德委员会在调查中得出同样的结论，”她的律师丽莎·J·班克斯和莎拉·E·内斯比特说道。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系戈麦斯的办公室，就这些指控寻求置评。班克斯和内斯比特并未公开其当事人的身份，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻也尚未证实她的说法。
在本周早些时候的声明中，戈麦斯表示他“已准备好配合道德委员会的调查，并提供委员会可能需要的任何信息”。
“出于对我的家人和正在进行的调查程序的尊重，我不会再发表更多评论，”他补充道。
周一宣布启动调查时，道德委员会表示，“除按照委员会规则行事外，不会就此事发表其他公开评论”。
此次调查启动之际，众议院正准备审议一项全面改革众议院道德规则的法案。该提案除其他条款外，还将禁止议员与任何国会工作人员发生性关系，而不仅仅是其直接监管范围内的工作人员。
Woman told House Ethics Committee that Rep. Jimmy Gomez sexually assaulted her, attorneys say
2026-08-19 3:35 PM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
Washington — A woman told the House Ethics Committee that Rep. Jimmy Gomez sexually assaulted her, according to her attorneys, a claim that comes as the panel investigates sexual misconduct allegations against the California Democrat.
The bipartisan committee said Monday that it’s looking into allegations against Gomez, including that he engaged “in inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.”
Gomez acknowledged in a statement Monday that he “made personal mistakes outside my marriage” and that his “actions were consensual in nature.”
The attorneys for the unnamed woman pushed back on the assertion that Gomez’s actions were consensual.
“We represent one of the women who was interviewed by the House Committee on Ethics about her experience of sexual harassment and assault by Representative Jimmy Gomez. Contrary to Representative Gomez’s assertion in his statement, his actions were not ‘consensual in nature’ with respect to our client. We fully expect that the House Committee on Ethics will come to the same conclusion in its investigation,” said her attorneys, Lisa J. Banks and Sarah E. Nesbitt.
CBS News has reached out to Gomez’s office for comment on the allegations. Banks and Nesbitt did not identify their client, and CBS News has not verified her claims.
In his statement earlier this week, Gomez said he was “ready to cooperate with the Ethics Committee inquiry and provide it with whatever information it might need.”
“Out of respect for my family and the ongoing process, I will have no further comment,” he added.
In announcing the probe on Monday, the Ethics Committee said that “[n]o other public comment will be made on this matter except in accordance with Committee rules.”
The investigation comes as the House is poised to consider legislation to overhaul the chamber’s ethics rules. The proposal would, among other things, ban lawmakers from having sexual relationships with any congressional staffers, not just those under their direct supervision.
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