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New York (AP) -- About two weeks after he was released from prison, Freddie Johnson was arrested on charges of illegally rubbing up against a woman on a crowded Manhattan subway train. It is a fairly common crime in New York. But this was no common criminal. Johnson has been arrested a staggering 53 times — the majority for allegedly groping women on subway trains. In his latest arrest, Johnson was being followed by plainclothes officers who recognized him from police photos. He was charged with persistent sexual abuse, and if convicted this time he could be sent away for...

LOS ANGELES Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger settled a libel lawsuit Friday with a former late-night British TV personality who claimed she was groped by the Hollywood actor during a 2000 interview and later defamed by his aides during his 2003 campaign for governor. "The parties are content to put this matter behind them and are pleased that this legal dispute has now been settled," said a two-sentence statement issued jointly in London by lawyers for Schwarzenegger and Anna Richardson. No details were released. The statement said Richardson and the three people she sued the governor and two top aides, Sean Walsh...

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has settled a lawsuit in London brought by a former British TV host who accused the governor of fondling her and later said the governor's aides had smeared her reputation, attorneys for both sides said today. Anna Richardson, a former late-night personality, sued Schwarzenegger and two of his top aides in London's High Court in May 2004. She accused them of falsely saying she had forced herself on Schwarzenegger and said the accusation was intended to protect his "ruthless political ambition" during the 2003 recall election. In the final week of that turbulent campaign, Richardson...

Japan 'groper' dies after fleeing A Japanese man has died after being tackled by fellow train passengers who believed he had molested a woman during the morning rush hour. The man fled the train at a station in the city of Osaka after a 20-year-old student accused him of groping her. The 40-year-old was brought to the ground by four male passengers, who included at least one off-duty police officer. He died later in hospital. Women-only carriages run on some trains in Japan because of groping complaints. The college student accused the man of groping her on Tuesday, shortly...

LOS ANGELES - A tabloid publisher that was negotiating a business deal with Arnold Schwarzenegger arranged a $20,000 confidentiality agreement with a woman who said she once had a relationship with the actor, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Malibu resident Gigi Goyette signed the deal on Aug. 8, 2003, with American Media Inc., which publishes the National Enquirer, Star and other celebrity tabloids. That was two days after Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy in the recall election against then-Gov. Gray Davis, according to the Times. Later that year, American Media reached an agreement with Schwarzenegger that made him editor of...

Schwarzenegger's 'Woman Problem' Could Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have another "woman problem" on his hands? Schwarzenegger made headlines in recent months by deriding political opponents as "girlie men" and ridiculing a group of nurses at a women's conference. Now, an effort to paint the state's teachers as little more than a balky special interest group has angered many critics, who have begun to question why constituencies dominated by women have been subjected to such tough talk. "He behaves like an arrogant patriarch with respect to women's occupations," said Rose Ann De Moro, executive director of the California Nurses Association. "Nurses, teachers,...

A British appeals judge ruled Thursday that a libel case being brought by a television host who says she was groped by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will go ahead. Sean Walsh, a Schwarzenegger spokesman, had attempted to stop the case, claiming that allegations brought by Anna Richardson had no chance of succeeding if they reached court. Richardson claims the Terminator star fondled her breast during an interview in London in 2000 and that his staff subsequently damaged her reputation as a professional interviewer by alleging she encouraged the behaviour. She alleges she was libelled by Schwarzenegger, Walsh and Schwarzenegger spokeswoman...

LONDON (AP) -- A British judge ruled Thursday that a libel case being brought by a television host who says she was groped by Californian Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will go ahead. Sean Walsh, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger, had attempted to have the case thrown out, claiming that allegations bought by television presenter Anna Richardson had no chance of succeeding if they reached court. Richardson claims Schwarzenegger fondled her breast during an interview in London in 2000 and that his staff subsequently damaged her reputation as a professional interviewer by alleging she encouraged the behavior. She alleges she was libeled by...

LONDON A British television host who says she was groped by Governor Schwarzenegger four years ago can take legal action in a British court. That's according to a London High Court judge, who rejected a claim yesterday by the governor's aide that British courts had no jurisdiction in the case. Anna Richardson claims the 57-year-old Schwarzenegger fondled her breast during an interview in London in 2000. She also claims that his staff damaged her professional reputation by saying she encouraged the behavior. The London judge ruled that because the article was published on the Internet and could be read in...

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) (R) speaks to actor Michael J. Fox at a town hall meeting in Hampton, New Hampshire, October 4, 2004. Fox, who has Parkinson's Disease, joined Kerry in support of a discussion on stem cell research. (Jim Young/Reuters)

Schwarzenegger Won't Be Deposed in Defamation Suit Tue Mar 23,11:43 AM ET By Gina Keating LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for a woman who accuses California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) of sexually assaulting her and then implying she was a prostitute were barred on Monday from personally questioning the "Terminator" actor in the woman's defamation lawsuit. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Hess ruled that lawyers for movie stuntwoman Rhonda Miller can submit written questions to the governor asking what he knew about Miller and whether he had a policy for responding to allegations of sexual misconduct...

<p>Some of the women who accused Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping them are disappointed by the public's ho-hum response to the claims they made just before last year's recall election.</p> <p>"I went through a lot of emotional upheaval, and it really just wasn't necessary," said Tamee Smith, who said Schwarzenegger grabbed her breast nearly two decades ago. "Nothing came of it. And I look at it now and I think, 'What was the point?"'</p>

Women Wonder if Accusing Schwarzenegger of Inappropriate Sexual Behavior Was Worthwhile The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Feb. 28 — Some of the women who accused Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping them are disappointed by the public's ho-hum response to the claims they made just before last year's recall election. "I went through a lot of emotional upheaval, and it really just wasn't necessary," said Tamee Smith, who said Schwarzenegger grabbed her breast nearly two decades ago. "Nothing came of it. And I look at it now and I think, 'What was the point?'" Linnea Harwell, who alleged that Schwarzenegger made...

<p>Tamee Smith said she carefully weighed the potential impact on her husband's film career before saying publicly last fall that Arnold Schwarzenegger grabbed her breast in a movie producer's office nearly two decades ago.</p> <p>Linnea Harwell said she ultimately decided it was her duty to tell California voters before the Oct. 7 recall election that he made unwanted sexual advances toward her in 1998. She said she believed she owed it to women whose movie industry jobs prevented them from doing so.</p>

<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign aides say they believed that a woman suing him for defamation really was a prostitute and drug addict when they suggested to reporters that she had a history of felony convictions, court documents in the case show.</p>

Earlier this week, you might recall we had a story of sexual harassment charges against the upper management team, CEO and so forth, at a company called International Profit Associates, Inc., in the Chicago area. Many executives at the firm have been sued for lewd and raunchy comments directed at their female colleagues. Things like, “If you sit on my face you never know how high you can climb in this company.” At the time I reported the story I said, gee, this is a company Bill Clinton would love. And just like so many things I joke about, it...

Woman Who Made Groping Allegations Sues Schwarzenegger A woman who accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of sexual harassment has now filed a defamation lawsuit against him. The suit claims Schwarzenegger's staff planted a false rumor that she was a convicted felon. In the final days of the campaign for governor, Rhonda Miller went public with an allegation that Schwarzenegger groped her during the time she worked as a stuntwoman on the films "True Lies" and "Terminator 2." Almost immediately, the media began reporting that Miller had been convicted of several serious crimes. The information on Miller was distributed by the Schwarzenegger...

Schwarzenegger Changes Mind About Probe Into Groping Allegations In an about-face, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said there will not be a private investigation into groping allegations made against him. That announcement came the same day Hollywood stuntwoman Rhonda Miller filed a lawsuit against Schwarzenegger and a member of his campaign staff for defamation. During the final days of his campaign for governor, Schwarzenegger said he would hire a private investigator to look into accusations that he groped as many as 16 women over the past three decades. According to aides, Schwarzenegger now feels he is too busy trying to solve...

DECEMBER 8--A Los Angeles woman who came forward during the California gubernatorial campaign to accuse Arnold Schwarzenegger of previous instances of sexual harassment today sued the Hollywood star, claiming that he, an aide, and his campaign smeared her as a convicted felon when she made her charges. In the below Los Angeles Superior Court complaint, former stuntwoman Rhonda Miller charges that the Schwarzenegger camp told reporters that she had an extensive rap sheet, a dirty trick meant to discount her credibility when it came to the harassment charges. Miller claims that the Schwarzenegger smear began an hour after she made...

The Schwarzenegger team's reaction to Lockyer's comments backfired, critics say, resurrecting an embarrassing issue. SACRAMENTO — The dispute was hardly dead, but the charges that Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger abused more than a dozen women over the past three decades had receded from the headlines. Attention was pivoting to the upcoming inauguration. Schwarzenegger was making news by filling out his Cabinet and appointing senior staff. No new accusations had surfaced since his election victory on Oct. 7. Yet in the span of an afternoon on Thursday, the focus lurched from Schwarzenegger's methodical efforts to build a government to the uncomfortable question...

<p>Shortly after she became the 16th woman to say Arnold Schwarzenegger had groped, fondled or otherwise sexually harried her, Rhonda Miller was gang raped by politics.</p> <p>Lawyer Gloria Allred tells the story this way. She got a call from Miller, a 53-year-old stunt double who worked on two of Schwarzenegger's films. Miller told Allred that Schwarzenegger had pulled up her shirt and snapped a photo of her breasts and had groped her during the filming of two of his movies.</p>

Now that the California gubernatorial recall election is over, one debate is still raging--the question of how much bias the Los Angeles Times allowed into its coverage and polls. I am offering three items below, not my normal "Capitol Punishment" column, exploring this issue. The first item is my response to John Carroll, executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. On Sunday, Oct. 12, Carroll published a bylined justification for his decisions to run eleventh-hour bombshells that alleged Arnold Schwarzenegger had groped women. Carroll used his Opinion section to attack me, Los Angeles Weekly political commentator Bill Bradley, and other...

I've now found three actresses who say they were not molested by gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yes, I'm telling you this for a self-serving reason — I'm hoping to save my job by preventing more people from canceling their subscriptions because of all our stories about Arnold groping women. But there's more to it than that. On this election day, I'm doing it out of a sense of fairness. At a rally in Costa Mesa, I met Angela Fair, who says she was a double in "Terminator 3." Fair told me Arnold never did anything untoward on or off the...

Washington -- As the editor of the magazine that broke the Troopergate stories, I have endured a decade of lectures from journalism's bulging choir of ethicists. In the Troopergate stories, The American Spectator had Arkansas state troopers attesting to Boy Clinton's philandering and to more serious matters, to wit: his misuse of government employees, misuse of government offices and vehicles, and even his misuse of government credit cards. All the troopers' stories were verified by documentation or by other witnesses' accounts. Moreover, the Boy President's ithyphallic behavior continued in the White House as was made luridly clear with the 1998...

Cal. Vote: Arnold Vs. Allegations SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 6, 2003 (CBS/AP) Arnold Schwarzenegger entered the last full day of campaigning for the governorship as a poll showed his support slipping and more women surfaced to accuse the actor of groping them. Gov. Gray Davis said Schwarzenegger owes a full explanation before voters decide Tuesday whether to recall a sitting governor for only the second time in the nation's history. Schwarzenegger, who continued to blame the scandal on political dirty tricks, said he wouldn't say anything more about sexual harassment claims, now made by a total of 15 women, until after...

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 5 -- The "Remarkable Women for Arnold" came in all ages, from both major political parties and from no political party at all. They lined up for the "Remarkable Women" signs that Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign volunteers were giving out, bought "Total Recall" campaign buttons and "Terminator for Governor" T-shirts, and looked with disdain, even disgust, at the women at the edge of the rally carrying "No Groper for Governor" signs. The women made up at least half of the supporters at Schwarzenegger's rally here today. And they defended him as a mother would against allegations that he groped...

<p>I think it is a good idea to summarize the charges against Arnold that are so offensive and criminal that nobody on TV can talk about them. Could it be that the only way to keep people outraged is to make sure nobody knows what the allegations are?</p> <p>He and his body double on "Twins" created a "Carla Sandwich", and he french kissed her. She slapped him, and told him not to do it again. Schwarzenegger immediately apologized and didn't give her any more trouble on the set, she said.</p>

<p>LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A British television host is threatening to sue Arnold Schwarzenegger for libel unless he confesses to groping her breasts against her will.</p> <p>Friends of Anna Richardson told The Independent she was furious and may file suit against the California gubernatorial candidate, the Sunday paper reported.</p>

Nobody can accuse Churchillbuff of being soft on Clinton or liberal hypocrites. I joined freerepublic in 1998, out of outrage over the groping of Kathleen Willey, and a need to share my outrage over this perverted behavior that was being pooh-poohed by Clinton's partisan defenders. Well, I have an obligation to my conscience to be consistent now. I can't start saying that wrong is right, just because the man who is accused by other women of treating them the way Clinton treated Willey, is a Republican. We all should search our consciences, and if you insist that the allegations against...

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign co-chairman blamed Gov. Gray Davis on Sunday for recent media reports alleging the Republican candidate groped numerous women during his career as an actor and bodybuilder. "I believe that there are a number of these people who have had close political ties to the Democratic Party and to Gray Davis that are involved here," U.S. Rep. David Dreier said on CNN's "Late Edition." In an interview with ABC broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger called the allegations "campaign trickery." The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that four more women have come forward with stories of...

SAN DIEGO -- He has been accused -- repeatedly -- of sexual harassment and misconduct. He has no experience in government or running for office. His campaign platform is known as much for not offering specifics as anything else. He's been forced to deny expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler. Any other political candidate, in just about any other election, perhaps in any other state, would probably be history by now. But like the unstoppable "Terminator" in his trademark movies, last-minute blows -- and just about anything else critics throw at him -- seem only to glance off front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger...

4 More Women Go Public Against Schwarzenegger By Gary Cohn, Carla Hall, Jack Leonard and Tracy Weber Times Staff Writers 11:30 PM PDT, October 4, 2003 Four more women have come forward to say that Arnold Schwarzenegger fondled, spanked or touched them in incidents they said took place as recently as 2000 and as long ago as 1979. In all, 15 women have now accused the Republican candidate for governor of grabbing or groping them. On the campaign trail Saturday, Schwarzenegger denounced as a "puke campaign" news reports that he has behaved abusively toward women.

MERCED, Calif. - Arnold Schwarzenegger went on the attack Saturday, denouncing the latest sexual harassment allegations made against him and charging that all the 11th-hour accusations were intended to wreck his campaign for governor. "The last accusations that I read today are absolutely untrue," Schwarzenegger said during a stop near Clovis. "They're trying to torpedo my campaign. They're trying to make me look bad out there so that people vote no." But Schwarzenegger, who admitted Thursday that he had treated some women badly in the past, also referred to past behavior Saturday, saying he will work to convince voters that...

GROPING FOR VOTES: As more women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, the Republican action hero asked why they are only complaining nowREUTERS , BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA Wondering aloud what the "motivation of all this is," Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger fought allegations of sexual misconduct and Nazi sympathies on Friday as more women came forward to accuse him of making unwanted sexual advances. On the second day of a four-day bus tour through California attracting international attention, the outwardly upbeat gubernatorial candidate complained about the timing of the reports on his past and said he was confident he would still be...

California election: Three more women come forward to add to tide of harassment allegations against actor-turned-politician The British television presenter who alleges she was sexually harassed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in a London hotel is threatening to sue him for libel over his claim that she invented the incident.Close friends of Anna Richardson say she is furious that Schwarzenegger aides, in attempting to shore up his support ahead of Tuesday's recall election for California governor, briefed against her. The movie star's spin-doctors claimed that, far from having her breasts groped against her will, Ms Richardson invited him to examine them.Ms Richardson's...

<p>October 4, 2003 -- Mobbed by a throng of adoring female fans, Aronld Schwarzengger yesterday tried to terminate charges he groped women and damired Adolf Hitler. declaring California voters "know what my character is." "They've seen my work over the past 20 years," Schwarzenegger told reporters in Arcadia, Calif., citing his work with the Special Olympics and the Inner City Games.</p>

<p>On the bulletin board in my office I keep a large white political button with black writing that reads: “I don’t believe the Los Angeles Times.” I bought it several years ago when I worked for that paper and saw the pin at a Republican Party convention. That sentiment, long descriptive of the Republican view of the media, has now become the mantra of the Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor campaign.</p>

<p>Sex, Lies and the Angry Left You just have to laugh at the Angry Left. How can these people expect anyone to take them seriously when they publish books with titles like "The Big Lies of George W. Bush and the Big Lying Liars of George W. Bush Who Tell Them?"--and their hero is Bill Clinton? Reasonable people can disagree with Bush policies, of course, but constantly calling him a "liar" serves only to remind people of how honest he is compared with his predecessor.</p>

WASHINGTON Well, there goes the Jewish women's vote. Twin revelations of Arnold Schwarzenegger's groping and goose-stepping are not going to play well with some Californians. The androgynous Gray spent the weekend hissing at Arnold's excess testosterone, as Arnold tried a rope-a-grope strategy. The governor had to be singing "Danke Schön" over tales of the Austrian's 70's foolery: playing Nazi marching songs; clicking his heels and pretending to be an SS officer; clowning as Hitler with comb as mustache; and praising the dictator's ambition and oratorical skills. A Davis aide slyly wondered if Mel Brooks was Arnold's campaign manager. When I...

3 More Women Allege Misconduct In all, 11 women have said Schwarzenegger touched them without their consent. His aides refuse to comment. By Tracy Weber, Sue Fox and Megan Garvey Times Staff Writers 11:25 PM PDT, October 3, 2003 Three more women said Friday that Arnold Schwarzenegger had grabbed or groped them. The new allegations against the Republican front-runner in the race to replace Gov. Gray Davis came as his campaign said he would have nothing further to say about the issue beyond his blanket apology this week for "behaving badly" in the past. The women who spoke Friday are:...

Lowell Sun Romney apologizes for statement linking Kennedy, Schwarzenegger Saturday, October 04, 2003 - NEWTON (AP) Republican Gov. Mitt Romney issued an apology yesterday for statements made by his press secretary comparing sexual harassment allegations against California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger to past rumors about U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Romney, who is heading to California to campaign for Schwarzenegger and who ran against Kennedy in 1994, said he called the Democratic senator to apologize as soon as he saw the comments published in yesterday's newspapers. "I told him that the statement that was made was made without my...

 Print This Article   Schwarzenegger Running Strong Despite Past ShadowsSat October 04, 2003 05:07 AM ET By Adam Tanner FRESNO, Calif. (Reuters) - Like a film superhero who miraculously survives knife, gun and grenade attacks, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was still going strong in his campaign to become California governor Saturday after battling back allegations of sexual misconduct and Nazi sympathies. As enthusiastic crowds greeted the ex Mr. Universe on his bus tour across the state that ends in Sacramento Sunday, the Republican front-runner wondered aloud why he was facing attacks on his past behavior and statements in the final...

Teflon Terminator Polls show Schwarzenneger gaining strength after Times’ hit piece by Bill Bradley A day can make a big difference in a high-velocity campaign. During a brief encounter with the Weekly on Thursday — the day the Times’ hit piece came out — Arnold Schwarzenegger seemed a bit stricken. He moved slowly during a tour of a San Bernardino elementary school, his voice a little quieter, his greetings less ebullient. After all, the start of his deluxe campaign bus tour of the state had just been hit by a bus in the form of a story detailing alleged sexual...

TheKSBWChannel.com Schwarzenegger Calls Misconduct, Hitler Allegations 'Dirty Politics' Gov. Gray Davis Speaks Out On Allegations POSTED: 4:41 p.m. PDT October 3, 2003 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Questions of character continued to dog gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, just a few days before Californians go to the polls to cast their vote. Now, women's groups are turning up the heat, arguing that Schwarzenegger is unfit to hold office. Schwarzenegger was on the defensive Friday after being battered by charges of sexual misconduct, and that he once expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler. Between rallies Friday, Schwarzenegger apologized again for what he called "offensive...

BY MORE THAN 2:1, CALIFORNIANS ACCEPT ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S APOLOGY FOR REPEATED INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING OF WOMEN, ACCORDING TO SURVEYUSA POLL OF 658 ADULTS STATEWIDE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACCUSATIONS CONTAINED IN TODAY'S LOS ANGELES TIMES. * 68% SAY SCHWARZENEGGER HAS SAID ENOUGH; 29% SAY HE HAS MORE EXPLAINING TO DO. * 58% SEE REVELATIONS AS ATTEMPT TO 'SMEAR' SCHWARZENEGGER, COMPARED TO 39% WHO SAY THE REPORTS RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY CANDIDATE BEFORE 10/7. * AT FIRST COUNT, SCHWARZENEGGER APPEARS TO LOSE FEW IF ANY VOTES OVER THE CHARGES. * VAST MAJORITY DO NOT PLAN TO...

<p>LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Who will decide California? The one constituency that's already demonstrated its clout -- women.</p> <p>If you read the Los Angeles Times, you have seen a disturbing account of alleged unwanted sexual advances by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the front-runner in the recall campaign for governor.</p>

Title: Raunchy Arnold ApologizesBy AP SAN DIEGO -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, front-runner in California's race for governor, acknowledged he has "behaved badly" to women and apologized yesterday, saying he has changed. Schwarzenegger's remarks, as he kicked off a statewide bus tour in the final days of the recall campaign, came after the Los Angeles Times published a story yesterday in which six women accused him of sexually harassing and groping them. "Yes, it is true that I was on rowdy movie sets and I have done things that were not right, which I thought then was playful but now I recognize...

The Los Angeles Times decided Thursday that allegations from six women claiming that California gubernatorial front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger groped them was front-page news. But four years ago the paper could barely bring itself to report a far more serious rape accusation against then-President Bill Clinton – and later banned mention of the episode from its editorial page. The Times dived right into the Schwarzenegger allegations, some decades old, reporting in often disgusting detail alleged comments and physical interaction between the former action star and several women who say they were left humiliated but not injured. But when the Times covered...

Arnold's Co-Star May Hold The Answer Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s treatment of women, coupled with his officially released apology, should only stir the pot between now and Tuesday’s recall election. I am told that one of the women who may hold some answers is an actress now married to a high-profile Democrat in Hollywood. The husband is now in the news business after doing time on a weekly drama. This woman, who once acted with Arnold, is said to have been a witness to much of his behavior, good and bad. Will she toss her two...