Davis Calls for Arnold Grope Probe, Mum on Clinton
Gov. Gray Davis said on Saturday that state law enforcement
authorities should investigate a series of old groping allegations against
Arnold Schwarzenegger, which would require investigators to waive California's
statute of limitations on sexual battery.
At the same time Davis has declined to respond to questions about whether his
most prominent supporter, ex-President Bill Clinton, should face the same kind
of legal scrutiny over far more serious charges of sexual misconduct.
Speaking about Schwarzenegger, Davis told a rally in Oakland on Saturday,
"Some of these instances, if they are true, constitute a crime. ... I believe
authorities should do their job. They should review all the facts. On the
completion of that review, if they think a crime was committed, they should
follow their own laws."
Though Davis aides later claimed that he was not calling for his opponent's
prosecution, the governor himself continued to insist as late as Sunday night
that law enforcement needed to address the situation.
"Fifteen women coming forward and saying that one human being treated them
badly and against their will is not a trifling matter, and ought to be looked
at, reviewed, and some determination made," he told CNN's "Larry King Live."
The most recent allegation of inappropriate touching by Schwarzenegger dates
back to 2000, two years beyond California's statute of limitations for
prosecuting sexual battery. Many of the other accusations go back to the 1970s
and '80s.
Despite the brouhaha, two of Davis' most prominent supporters have yet to
weigh in on his call for the statute of limitations to be waived in the
Schwarzenegger case.
NewsMax.com's calls to the offices of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and
ex-President Bill Clinton, asking if they agreed with Davis that Schwarzenegger
should be prosecuted on the grope charges, were not returned by press time.
An inquiry sent to Davis' press office asking if he favors waiving the
statute of limitations in the case of an Arkansas businesswoman who alleges that
Mr. Clinton brutally raped her 1978 has also not been answered.
Arkansas' statute of limitations on rape is seven years.
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