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$100,000 Reward Caused Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Family a Scary Assault Experience After His Surgery Once: “They Hit the Car”

Published 07/30/2022, 9:30 AM EDT

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Being a renowned celebrity like Arnold Schwarzenegger often comes along with its fair share of troubles. However, for someone who has been around the entertainment business for years, Arnold has gone through the worst.

The bodybuilding legend once recalled one such incident when the paparazzi put his and his family’s life in danger to claim a $100000 reward.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger narrates a bizarre incident that put his and his family’s life in danger.

Sharing an interview with Hollywood superstar George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, revealed one of the worst experiences of his career. Host Oprah Winfrey reminded him of the dreadful incident and, on that, he said, “we were driving our son to school. All of a sudden we saw we were being chased by two cars very well-coordinated. They’re driving with the communication with the radios and they started going crazy.”

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Subsequently, the seven-time Mr. Olympia revealed the reason they did so was “because they were given a message that there’s $100,000 out there for getting the first shots after my surgery. They want me and of my wife and the family whatever and so they just went overboard. They locked the car and did all kinds of crazy, they hit the car they just went over.”

Undoubtedly, it’s a scary experience for even someone like Arnold, who has been a bodybuilder and a governor.

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Schwarzenegger took the matter into the courtroom

Since the incident nearly put Arnold and his family in life-threatening danger, he pursued it to the Santa Monica courtroom. They filed the kidnapping charges against the two celebrity photographers as the bodybuilder testified in the court that the photographers pinned their car against their utility vehicle.

Additionally, the situation was so sensitive because Maria Shriver was pregnant with her fourth child. Hence, when the incident occurred, she panicked and started screaming. Arnold said, “I was just trying to tell my wife to calm down because at that point she was verbally excited and started screaming.”

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However, in the matter, the defense attorney argued in court that the photographers were merely doing their jobs. Though, it’s hard to fathom how someone could put others’ lives in danger just for a photograph. What are your thoughts on the entire incident?

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Saurav Panwar is a US Sports writer at EssentiallySports. A postgraduate in Media and Communication Studies, he shares a profound love for creative direction and filmmaking. Saurav is also an avid reader and a literature devotee whose fandom spreads from classics to sci-fi, non-fiction, plays, comics, and much more.
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