美聖迭戈市“色狼”市長宣佈接受治療

The mayor of San Diego, California, has said he will attend "behaviour counselling" amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

Seven women have now accused Bob Filner, 70, of unwelcome advances, some of them physical.

The local Democratic committee voted by 34-6 on Thursday for the leader of the nation's eighth-largest city to quit.

In a news conference, Mr Filner said his behaviour had been "inexcusable", but did not say he was stepping down.

"I have apologised to my staff, I have apologised to the women I have offended," said the divorced 70-year-old on Friday.

The former congressman went on: "I am responsible for my conduct and I must take responsibility for my conduct by taking actions so that such conduct does not ever happen again.

"So beginning on August fifth I will be entering a behaviour counselling clinic to undergo two weeks of intensive therapy to begin the process of addressing my behaviour."

'Headlocks'

Mr Filner's problems began two weeks ago when Donna Frye, a former councilwoman and onetime supporter, called on him to step down, saying she had evidence that he had harassed women.

He responded with a video apology, calling his behaviour "inappropriate and wrong", declaring: "I need help."

Then on Monday, Mr Filner's former communications director, Irene McCormack Jackson, filed a lawsuit against him and the city.

She alleged he had asked her to work without underwear, told her he wanted to see her naked and put her in a "headlock" while making unwelcome advances.

On Thursday evening, four prominent San Diegan women went public with their own detailed accusations on a local broadcaster.

Veronica Froman, a retired rear admiral known as San Diego's "navy mayor", said Mr Filner once blocked her from leaving a room, ran his finger up her cheek and asked if she had a man in her life.

The president of the city's port tenants' association, Sharon Bernie-Cloward, said Mr Filner had groped her on her bottom at an event last year.

"I was left there startled and fearful," she was quoted as saying by US media. "In fact, I actually had someone walk me to my car that night."

Patti Roscoe, a businesswoman who knew Mr Filner for decades, said he had placed her in a headlock numerous times, trying to kiss her on the lips.

"I'd have to squirm to get away," she said. "And just as recently as a few months ago this happened. I turned and he just slobbered down my chin."

A vote last week by the San Diego Democratic Party Central Committee for Mr Filner to quit ended in a 24-24 deadlock.

But as very public accusers lined up to point the finger at the mayor, the committee took a firmer stance.

"It speaks to the extent of the problem that the mayor has to address," said Francine Busby, the county party chairwoman.據英國廣播公司7月26日報道，美國加州聖迭戈市市長鮑勃•菲爾納（Bob Filner）日前被多名女性指控性騷擾，他宣佈將接受“行爲輔導”。

迄今爲止，現年70歲的菲爾納共遭到7名女性指控，聖迭戈市的民主黨委員會在25日以34票贊同6票反對通過了要求菲爾納辭職的決議。

菲爾納在26日舉行的新聞發佈會上承認自己的行爲是“不可饒恕”的，但並沒有表示會辭去市長的職務。“我已經向我的下屬道歉，也向那些我曾騷擾過的女性道了歉，”菲爾納說道，“我會對我的所作所爲負責，我要採取行動避免類似情況再次發生，因此我決定從8月5日開始去行爲輔導診所接受爲期兩週的強化治療，以糾正自己的行爲。”

7月11日，聖迭戈市前女議員唐娜•弗萊（Donna Frye）公開宣佈手中握有菲爾納對女性進行性騷擾的證據，並要求其下臺。菲爾納在道歉視頻中承認自己的行爲是“不合適並且錯誤的”，同時還表示自己需要幫助。

第一位站出來的受害人是菲爾納的前通訊主任艾琳•麥柯馬克•傑克遜（Irene McCormack Jackson），她在22日提交了一份指控菲爾納的訴狀。傑克遜在訴狀中表示，菲爾納曾要求她不穿內褲上班，表示想要看她的裸體，此外還有過將她的頭夾在腋下等不當行爲。緊接着菲爾納的助手勞拉・芬克和摩根・羅斯也分別於23日、24日公開指責他。

25日晚，又有4名聖迭戈女子公開指控菲爾納。已退休的海軍少將維羅尼卡•弗羅曼（Veronica Froman）稱，菲爾納曾把她堵在房間裏，把手指放到她臉上，問她生活裏是否有男人。

聖迭戈港口租戶協會主席莎倫•伯尼•克洛沃德（Sharon Bernie-Cloward）稱，菲爾納曾在去年的一次活動上摸她的臀部。“我感到很吃驚很恐懼，”她說道。

與菲爾納相識數十年的女商人帕蒂•羅斯科（Patti Roscoe）也表示，菲爾納曾多次夾着她的頭試圖親吻她。“幾個月前還發生過這樣的情況，我奮力抵抗纔沒有讓他得逞。”

據悉，菲爾納是聖迭戈市20年來的首位民主黨市長。該市民主黨中央委員會上週已經就是否要菲爾納辭職進行了表決，不幸陷入24票對24票的僵局。此後由於公衆一致將矛頭對準了菲爾納，該委員會不得不再次進行投票，最終做出了要求菲爾納辭去市長一職的決定。