The following are excerpts from yesterday's Los Angeles Times story about Arnold Schwarzenegger. The story was reported and written by Times staff writers Gary Cohn, Carla Hall and Robert W. Welkos:
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TV Host Grabbed
One of the women in the Premiere article was British television host Anna Richardson, who accused Schwarzenegger of touching her breast. In an interview with the Times, she confirmed that account.
Richardson said she was interviewing the actor in December 2000 as part of his promotional tour for the movie "The Sixth Day." The interview, to be aired on her TV show "Big Screen," took place in a suite at the Dorchester Hotel in London. . . .
"He was already kind of hyped up. He kept looking at my breasts, kept asking if I worked out," she said. "I went to shake his hand and he grabbed me onto his knee and he said, 'Before you go, I want to know if your breasts are real.' "
Richardson, then 29, said she replied that her breasts were real. She said she looked around for help from the other people in the room, but nobody came to her assistance. "At that point, he circled my left nipple with his finger and he said, 'Yes, they are real.' " She said he then let her go.
The Schwarzenegger campaign has provided a different account.
Sheryl Main, a Hollywood publicist who has worked with Schwarzenegger on many films and accompanied him on his worldwide travels since 1995, said she was present at the interview. Main said it was Richardson who provocatively approached Schwarzenegger. She said that after finishing the brief interview, Richardson rose, cupped her right breast in her right hand and said, "What do you think of these?" She then sat on his lap and was immediately escorted from the room, Main said. . . .
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36662-2003Oct2.html