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Stuntwoman's appeal dropped against Schwarzenegger
AP
LOS ANGELES - A former stuntwoman is dropping her appeal of a defamation case against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a campaign aide to avoid paying $100,000 or more in legal fees, her attorney said.
Rhonda Miller wanted to appeal a Los Angeles County judge's dismissal of her case in July. But her attorney, Paul Hoffman, said she settled for a guarantee from Schwarzenegger that she won't have to pay the governor's legal costs. Miller called a news conference a day before October's recall election to allege that Schwarzenegger groped her while the then-movie star was filming "Terminator 2" and "True Lies." Schwarzenegger's campaign denied the allegations, and campaign aide Sean Walsh suggested in e-mails to reporters that Miller had a record of prostitution, theft and drug-related crimes. The records were for a different woman of the same name, and Miller sued, alleging she had been defamed. The suit was dismissed in July when the judge ruled there was not enough evidence Walsh deliberately misled reporters or that Schwarzenegger knew about Walsh's e-mail. With the dismissal, Miller could have been forced to pay Schwarzenegger's legal costs that Hoffman estimated could top $100,000. "She decided she didn't want to face that prospect, even though she felt the decision was terribly wrong," Hoffman told the Sacramento Bee. Stunt double accuses Schwarzenegger of sexual harassment
By Carla Hall in Los Angeles
A stand-in and stunt double who worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger has made allegations of sexual harassment against him. Rhonda Miller, who stood in for the then 13-year-old actor Edward Furlong during filming of Terminator 2, read a statement at a news conference on Monday alleging that in January, 1991, Schwarzenegger pulled up her shirt, photographed her breasts and touched them as she shouted at him to stop. Several hours later, Schwarzenegger's campaign issued a rebuttal and included a statement from the candidate saying he did not take the photograph and that the alleged events "did not occur". Gary Horn, who was identified as Miller's former husband, said she had told him of the incident years ago. Miller read her statement but declined to answer questions. "I am speaking out publicly because in the last few days there seem to have been suggestions from Arnold's camp that Arnold didn't do what is alleged," Miller said in her statement. "I want people to know what he did to me was very serious and it has affected me for many years." Miller said in her statement that she was in the make-up trailer with Schwarzenegger when he asked her to pour him a cup of coffee. She had the cup in one hand and the pot in the other, she said, when "Arnold suddenly pulled up my shirt and snapped a Polaroid of my breasts. And I was horrified." Miller said she was not wearing a bra at the time. Miller said she put down the coffee, "then he pushed me and held me down in the make-up chair. He lifted my shirt up further and began to suck on my breasts... I screamed and yelled at him to stop... I hit him in the head and kicked him." She said she "broke free" and fled the trailer. When she returned an hour later the photo had been affixed to the ceiling. Schwarzenegger was lying on an inclined chair, "and he said, 'See, this is why I took the picture, so I could see your breasts all day'." Schwarzenegger's campaign released a statement from the film's hairstylist, Peter Tothpal, who was quoted as saying, "I was the one who took the photograph. I can say with certainty that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not in the make-up trailer at the time... While we were waiting for the photo to develop, she was giggling and having a good time." Miller said she reported Schwarzenegger's behaviour to the Screen Actors Guild. The guild's deputy executive director, Pamm Fair, said a telephone call about alleged harassment incidents involving Schwarzeneggerwas received from Miller. She did not pursue a claim, Fair said. |
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