Arnold Gets Last Laugh at Paparazzi!
Arnold's law: Terminator Vs Paparazzi!
Reported By: TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Tuesday, October 5, 2005

We can all recall a few years back when the paparazzi nearly ran Schwarzenegger and his wife and children off the road. Now Arnold has finally gotten his revenge! Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law on Friday tripling damages celebrities can win from paparazzi if they are assaulted during a shoot and denying the photographers profits from any pictures taken during an altercation.

The new law comes as Los Angeles authorities try to crack down on aggressive photographers following a series of altercations involving actresses Reese Witherspoon, Lindsay Lohan and Scarlett Johansson, among others.

As an actor, Schwarzenegger had testified against two photographers convicted in a 1998 incident involving him and his wife.

"We always said that the only way we would be able to curb dangerous behavior by these paparazzi was by going after their motivation, and that is being able to make enormous, outrageous profits," said the bill's author, California Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, a Democrat representing suburban Los Angeles.

"Ultimately, when it got to the governor's desk I think he probably remembered his own situation, when he testified in court," she said.