据《华盛顿邮报》《纽约邮报》等美媒当地时间4月5日报道，来自美国特拉华州的男子迈克尔·罗哈纳
（Michael Rohana）
承认，
自己在费城一家博物馆掰断并偷走了一尊兵马俑的拇指
。

但报道称，由于罗哈纳与检方达成认罪协议，检方撤销了刑期最高30年的“盗窃和藏匿博物馆文物”指控。
取而代之的是，罗哈纳将承认“跨州贩运文物”罪名，这项罪名最高可判处两年监禁并处罚金2万美元。
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.
来源：海外网
该案件发生于6年前，2017年，中国陕西省文物交流中心与美国费城富兰克林科学博物馆合作，借出10个兵马俑在该馆展出。
2017年12月21日，美国特拉华州男子迈克尔·罗哈纳在圣诞节派对后，偷偷溜进已经闭馆的博物馆展厅，掰断并盗走了正在展出的“骑兵俑”左手拇指，还在黑暗中与兵马俑合影。
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.
博物馆事后报警，美国联邦调查局抓获犯罪嫌疑人，追回被盗拇指。罗哈纳对此供认不讳，但只称自己犯了错。
据了解，受损的兵俑是当时数千个中少有的被完全复原的兵俑之一，保价高达450万美元。被损坏的兵马俑拇指是在出土时断裂的，经修复后赴美参展，掰断处正是修复处。
来源：央视新闻
展览中方举办单位陕西省文物交流中心随后发声，表示在40多年来超过260次的文物外展中，如此恶性的事件真是“前所未有”。
陕西省文物交流中心还称将依法启动追究民事责任部分，并依照《展览协议书》进行经济索赔，其中法院判决书将成为索赔谈判的重要依据。
该中心称，“手指事件”后，富兰克林科学博物馆及费城市政府均正式致函道歉。我方对损坏文物的行径提出强烈谴责，要求美方就此事做出书面说明，并严惩“肇事者”。
来源：央视新闻
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.
据美媒报道，该案在2019年第一次审判时因陪审团意见不一而宣判判决无效，美国联邦检察官随后宣布申请重新审理。而由于美国新冠肺炎疫情暴发，以及中方专家因时任特朗普政府的中国游客入境限制无法赴美作证，原定于2020年2月的重审又一再推迟。

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.
据《华盛顿邮报》报道，上周提交的法庭文件显示，涉案美国男子罗哈纳已与检方达成认罪协议，同意承认“在州际贸易中贩运考古资源”的指控，并将于4月17日在费城联邦法院出庭接受判决。
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.
编辑：左卓
实习生：孙惠琪
来源：观察者网 纽约邮报 华盛顿邮报 环球时报
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