Anna Richardson describes suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admits it was a 'huge risk'

Anna Richardson has described suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as both 'traumatic' and 'transformative' after she accused him of groping her back in 2000. Anna Richardson has described suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admitted it was a 'huge risk' 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 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. Reflecting on the event she said: 'It was a terrible, traumatic event in my life, but it was also transformative and life-changing' Following the publication of the LA Times article, Richardson sued Schwarzenegger and his top aides, Sean Walsh and publicist Sheryl Main for libel, claiming that their denials implied that she had 'deliberately and dishonestly fabricated' the allegations. 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 'So I went from presenting a show and working in television to signing on and people in my local job centre going "are you that girl that does that show?".