sexcapade

米国の上院の会議室で撮影されたと思しき性行為の録画ビデオがネットに流出し、騒ぎになっています。

The United States Senate was rocked by a gay sex tape scandal after a video of two men engaged in an explicit sex act in a Senate hearing room appeared online.

U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News they were aware of an amateur pornographic video published by the Daily Caller late Friday. The extremely graphic footage shows someone identified as a congressional staffer having sex with another man on the dais in hearing room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.

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A senior Congressional official told Fox News that if the sex acts were consensual, "no crime was committed," regardless of the locale.

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FOX News contributor Jonathan Turley suggested in a blog post that the individuals seen in the video could face potential criminal charges, even if the act was consensual.

"Obviously, the videotape will result in the termination of any staffers involved. However, the question is any possible criminal charge," Turley wrote on his website. 

According to Turley, the charges would hinge on whether the unofficial use of a Senate hearing room for the sexcapade would constitute trespass.

(Chris Pandolfo. NSFW: Capitol Hill rocked by sex tape scandal featuring famous Senate hearing room. Fox News. December 16, 2023.)

問題の録画は、議会スタッフの男性が全裸で会議室のテーブルの上で他の男性と性行為に及んでいるという生々しいもので、同性愛者のオンラインコミュニティにアップロードされていたものをニュースサイトのDaily Callerが取り上げました。

今日取り上げるのは、

sexcapade

という単語です。

これは"sex"と"escapade"のかばん語です。

"escapade"には羽目を外すこと、いたずら、という意味合いがありますが、重要法案の審議や聴聞が行われる場を冒涜するような行為は明らかに場違いな行為であり、タダで済む話ではありません。

報道を受けて、民主党上院議員は問題のスタッフを解雇したと発表しました。