Schwarzenegger to Hire Grope Probe P.I.

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 11/06/03 | JENNIFER COLEMAN

[TigerLikesRooster]

Schwarzenegger to Hire Grope Probe P.I.

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By JENNIFER COLEMAN, Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) will hire a private investigator to look into allegations that he groped women, but he may keep the results from the state attorney general, a spokesman said Thursday.

Schwarzenegger's reluctance to turn over the results of the investigation stem from remarks Attorney General Bill Lockyer made earlier Thursday. The Democrat said he advised Schwarzenegger that the misconduct allegations "are not going to go away" and he should cooperate with an independent investigation.

Schwarzenegger spokesman Rob Stutzman said those statements violated attorney-client privilege and have forced Schwarzenegger to reconsider whether he would provide any information to Lockyer.

"In regard to a review of allegations that surfaced late in the campaign, the governor-elect had already decided to engage a well-respected investigative firm to look into the allegations," Stutzman said. "He had intended to instruct the investigators to turn over the final results of that investigation to the attorney general; he will now reconsider that option."

Lockyer said he spoke with Schwarzenegger as recently as Wednesday about the accusations that surfaced during the final days of his gubernatorial campaign.

The allegations won't go away "until he is willing to have some form of independent, third-party review of those complaints to see if there's any criminal liability or not," Lockyer said.

Stutzman said Schwarzenegger was "extremely disappointed" in Lockyer's remarks.

"There was disappointment here on this end, that the attorney general would present himself to the governor-elect as his lawyer, engage him in discussion on this matter and make those dissuasions public," Stutzman said.

Lockyer said Schwarzenegger is "very concerned, I think," but "obviously thinks there's not a legitimate basis for a complaint" and believes that any review would clear him.

But until the allegations are resolved, they are a "stain" on the incoming governor's reputation and his administration, Lockyer said.

The attorney general said he had no plans to open an investigation because that is generally the jurisdiction of local district attorneys.

But a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office in Los Angeles County, where some of the incidents reportedly took place, said any investigation would have to originate with police agencies.

Five days before the election, the Los Angeles Times detailed allegations from six women who said Schwarzenegger groped or sexually harassed them between 1975 and 2000. By the Oct. 7 election, the number had grown to 16.

In most cases, the women identified in the Los Angeles Times story said they did not tell law enforcement officials about the incidents because it involved their word as waitresses and low-level workers on movie sets against that of an internationally known celebrity.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Arnold is numero uno?

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[Montfort]

It is most likely not about being "wasted." You do not hire the investigator to find out what you did. You hire the investigator to find out exactly what can be dug up about what you did (or did not do) through a thorough investigation. Also, you get an investigation of the people making the accusations-- their motives, have they made these sorts of accusations before. Is their regular job faking car accidents and intentionally slipping on floors?

Politicians commonly hire investigaors to find out what the oppsition can dig up on them.

[gunnedah]

This shows the double standards that the press uses and the Democrats also.
If Arnold is guity it should have beeen espounded upon long ago but I realize by him becoming a politician just gave it legs,so be it. Bring it out and get to the bottom of it.
Now, the same press and Democrat Party that wants to run with this covered up and refused to even investigate the claims against Clintons gropping and rape.
But one even better,Remember one of our Presidential candidates promoted a lie in the Brawley case some years back and I believe Steven Pagonis even won a judgement against him and you never hear a word about it coming from the press and he is running for the highest office in the land.These are not double standards coming from the press and Democrats they are outright cover-ups that are proven.
An The Beat Goes On!

[AMNZ]

It's kinda like being smart enough to get an audit done of the state's books before you accept the balance sheet. Something George forgot.

[steve50]

Same thing klintoon did, hire PI's to destroy those who accused him of misconduct. Real class act they put in Kalifornia it seems.

[veronica]

Pu-leeze. So he played a little grab-ass on movie sets. What a waste of time and money. There are more important things for him to do.

[an amused spectator]

Schwarzenegger's reluctance to turn over the results of the investigation stem from remarks Attorney General Bill Lockyer made earlier Thursday. The Democrat said he advised Schwarzenegger that the misconduct allegations "are not going to go away" and he should cooperate with an independent investigation.

This is from California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who has officially endorsed prison rape as extra-judicial punishment in his state's prisons?

Puh-leeeze!!!

[doug from upland]

Will Arnold hire Terry Lenzner? Will women be intimidated or killed? That is straight from the RAT playbook, and maybe Lifeguard Teddy can give him a few tips.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #10

Will women be intimidated or killed?

No. They will be terminated.:):)

Seriously, Arnold may have decided to play like a Rat against Rats.

[twigs]

Except that Clinton used the research to destroy the character of his accusers. I suspect that Arnold is testing his legal and political liability, a preemptive measure. All the differences in the world between his actions and that of Bill and Hill.

[international american]

I wonder how many women "groped" Arnold on a movie set over the last twenty years. Also, I wonder how many of these women allegedly groped by Ahnold are registered REPUBLICANS??

[steve50]

All the differences in the world between his actions and that of Bill and Hill.

Sure, after all this guy has an R after his name. Only difference that matters to most.

[twigs]

I didn't say that his past actions weren't slimy just because he's a republican! Just that he will most probably use the information at this point differently. I DO believe that Republicans are far more likely to discipline their own within the party for wrong-doing and that Democrats are far more likely to engage in personal destruction. I think that after all this time, this was much ado about nothing. If there had been evidence of a rape, I would think differently...

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