Five days before the 2003 California gubernatorial election, the Los Angeles Times published an article in which six women accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping and humiliating them. The actor said at the time that the reports were “fabricated” and that he “never grabbed anyone,” although he did admit that he had “behaved badly at times” in the past.
Action movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger
"My reaction at first was… defensive," Arnold Schwarzenegger says in a three-part Netflix documentary series. "Today, I can look back. If it were 40 years ago, or today, it would still be completely wrong. It's bullshit. Forget all the excuses, it was my mistake."
Despite the allegations, Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election. The Los Angeles Times investigation ended up having no impact on the polls or even the Hollywood star's career.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the documentary Arnold
"I was personally surprised that it didn't have much of an impact on the election. I think a lot of people would have been offended," Los Angeles Times reporter Carla Hall said in the documentary.
"When Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for governor, Los Angeles Times reporters immediately began digging into stories that we had been hearing for years, but no one had really investigated them fully," Hall added. "We had only six weeks to do this, and we started talking to women who had been abused."
Arnold tells the story of Arnold Schwarzenegger's life, released on June 7 on Netflix
The documentary Arnold was released as a sequel to Arnold Schwarzenegger's Netflix action comedy series Fubar , marking the former action icon's return to leading roles.
Arnold, about the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, premieres June 7 on Netflix, while Fubar is streaming now.
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