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Three more women said on Friday that Arnold Schwarzenegger grabbed or groped them against their will. The new allegations against the Republican front-runner came as his campaign said he would have nothing further to say beyond his blanket apology for 8216;8216;behaving badly8217;8217; in the past.
The women who spoke on Friday are: An assistant director, Linnea Harwell, on the 1988 film Twins who said the actor regularly undressed in front of her in his trailer. Once, she said, he pushed her down on a bed while he was wearing underpants.
Carla Baron, a stand-in on the same set, who said the actor sandwiched her between himself and his stunt double, forcing his tongue down her throat. Collette Brooks, a CNN intern in the early 1980s, said Schwarzenegger grabbed her buttocks and said she had a 8216;8216;nice ass8217;8217;. She spoke at an event organised by opponents to Schwarzenegger8217;s candidacy.
In all, 11 women have said Schwarzenegger touched them without their consent. 8216;8216;Everyone knew what was going on,8217;8217; said Harwell, who is now a manager of an art museum. Harwell said Schwarzenegger8217;s friends were on the lookout in case his wife, Maria Shriver, showed up. 8216;8216;Everything changed when Maria came on the set.8217;8217;
Harwell was contacted by The Times after interviewing another woman on the set, Carla Baron, who said she had problems with Schwarzenegger. Baron, then 28, said she was a stand-in for lead actress Kelly Preston. 8212;LAT-WP
