Naked Attraction’s Anna Richardson blasts industry for failing to act on sexual harassment in decade since she made claims against Arnold Schwarzenegger
TV’S Anna Richardson has blasted the industry for failing to act on sex harassment in the decade since her groping claims on Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Naked Attraction host said she was left out of work after the allegation the Terminator star touched her breast in an interview went public.
She said the harassment storm which has engulfed Hollywood since the Harvey Weinstein scandal shows “nobody’s learnt a thing”.
She added: “When all the allegations came out about Weinstein I sat at home and metaphorically rolled my eyes and went, ‘Here we go again’. The industry hasn’t changed.”
In 2005 Anna sued for libel after Schwarzenegger said in a newspaper article that she made up the groping claims.
She eventually agreed an out-of-court settlement with the actor and his aides.
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Speaking at an industry event in London debating harassment and bullying in TV yesterday Anna, 47, said the industry remained “toxic”.
She added: “It preys a little bit on people being compliant and I worry about that.”
The debate came as a survey by the Edinburgh International TV Festival found more than half of those in the industry had experienced sex harassment at work.