Anna Richardson describes suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admits it was a 'huge risk'
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Anna Richardson has described suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as both 'traumatic' and 'transformative' after she accused him of groping her back in 2000. The TV presenter, 53, sued the actor for libel after she alleged the actor, now 77, touched her breast when she interviewed him on ITV series Big Screen in 2000 while he was promoting his new film, The Sixth Day.
![[The TV presenter, 53, sued the actor for libel after she alleged the actor, now 77, touched her breast when she interviewed him on ITV series Big Screen in 2000 (pictured in March)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/10/93349185-14213289-image-a-2_1734691583314.jpg)
Arnold denied the allegations and the pair settled out of court in 2006. Reflecting on the event she told The i Paper: 'It was a terrible, traumatic event in my life, but it was also transformative and life-changing.'. Admitting it was a 'huge risk' to take him to court, she explained: 'I’m glad to say that after three years, we settled out of court, literally on the steps of London’s High Court.
![[Reflecting on the event she said: 'It was a terrible, traumatic event in my life, but it was also transformative and life-changing' (pictured in 2000)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/10/75683689-14213289-During_the_incident_Richardson_who_was_29_at_the_time_said_she_l-a-14_1734691787249.jpg)
'If I’d lost, I would have been bankrupt. Without question. I would have lost the flat I co-owned with my partner. It was a huge risk, but I was absolutely determined.'. Anna Richardson has described suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admitted it was a 'huge risk'.
![[Anna made the claims in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2003 - when Schwarzenegger was running for governor of California - in which several women accused the star of sexual misconduct (pictured at a campaign rally)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/10/75682323-14213289-Allegations_Richardson_made_the_claims_in_a_2003_interview_when_-a-15_1734691791354.jpg)
The TV presenter, 53, sued the actor for libel after she alleged the actor, now 77, touched her breast when she interviewed him on ITV series Big Screen in 2000 (pictured in March). Anna made the claims in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2003 - when Schwarzenegger was running for governor of California - in which several women accused the star of sexual misconduct.
She told the paper that in previous encounters the actor had been 'a perfect gentleman' but said during the interview at The Dorchester hotel in London, 'This time was quite different. He was already kind of hyped up. He kept looking at my breasts, kept asking if I worked out.
