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It's not clear why, but the LA Weekly has just posted a "web exclusive" about Schwarzenegger's sex life pegged to a demand by ubiquitous feminist lawyer Gloria Allred that Arnold explain himself. In the column by Nikki Finke, Allred invokes the r-word regarding the gangbang of a black woman by Arnold and other body builders at Gold's Gym, then acknowledges she has no actual evidence.
Allred and Finke voice surprise that Schwarzenegger's treatment of women, both in his 20s and more recently -- or his references to "fags" -- have not become more controversial. Fair point to make. It's hard to understand, though, why this piece is getting high billing on the Weekly site as a news break, one day after the paper comes out. Isn't Allred pretty much always available, and her position here what you'd predict? Maybe there's a new aggressive web strategy at the Weekly, I don't know. (Aside...the continuing South Seas adventures of ex-patriate L.A. journalists Carla Sinclair and Mark Frauenfelder are being posted every week.)