The Los Angles Times today published a nearly 4,000 word expose highlighting the stories of six women who say there were sexually harassed by gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger. Three women said Schwarzenegger publicly grabbed their breasts. A fourth woman said he reached under her skirt to grip her buttocks. Another woman said the actor groped her in an elevator and attempted to remove her bathing suit. And a sixth woman said she was grabbed and forced to sit on his lap while he suggested performing a sexual act with her. The incidents occurred between the 1970s and 2000. Schwarzenegger refused to be interviewed for the article but his campaign spokesperson said the candidate had never engaged in improper conduct toward women.
One woman interviewed noted how Schwarzenegger’s behavior changed when he was around wife Maria Shriver. She said, “When Maria was around, he was a gentleman. When she wasn’t around, he was the opposite.”