Arnold Schwarzenegger has apologised for groping ladies, 20 years after dismissing the allegations as “made-up”.
Six ladies accused the Hollywood star of groping and humiliating them in a Los Angeles Times report in 2003.
The investigation was revealed within the lead-up to the 2003 California governor election.
Schwarzenegger, who received the election, labelled the story unfaithful and accused the media of attacking him.
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But in three-part Netflix docuseries Arnold he has backtracked, saying his preliminary response was “defensive”, in line with Rolling Stone.
“Today, I can look at it and kind of say, it doesn’t really matter what time it is. If it’s the Muscle Beach days of 40 years ago, or today, that this was wrong. It was b******t.
“Forget all the justifications, it was mistaken.”
A complete of 15 ladies got here ahead to accuse Schwarzenegger of groping them over three a long time.
LA Times reporter Carla Hall mentioned within the documentary she was “surprised” the story didn’t have extra of an impact on the election.
“I thought that more people would be offended themselves,” she mentioned.
The documentary, which explores Schwarzenegger’s appearing and political profession, additionally sees the 75-year-old open up about telling his spouse he had fathered a toddler with one other girl.
After a 35-year marriage and 4 kids collectively, Maria Shriver filed for divorce in 2011 after Schwarzenegger disclosed he had had a toddler with a member of their family workers years earlier.
Arnold comes out on 7 June on Netflix.
Source: information.sky.com”