Arnold Schwarzenegger apologises for groping girls 20 years on from allegations

Arnold Schwarzenegger has apologised for groping girls, 20 years after dismissing the allegations as “made-up”.

Six girls accused the Hollywood star of groping and humiliating them in a Los Angeles Times report in 2003.

The investigation was printed within the lead-up to the 2003 California governor election.

Schwarzenegger, who gained 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 incorrect.”

A complete of 15 girls 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 performing and political profession, additionally sees the 75-year-old open up about telling his spouse he had fathered a baby with one other lady.

After a 35-year marriage and 4 youngsters collectively, Maria Shriver filed for divorce in 2011 after Schwarzenegger disclosed he had had a baby with a member of their family employees years earlier.

Arnold comes out on 7 June on Netflix.