“It was a crazy experience,” he told the crowd, according to a video released by TMZ.
It may have cost him a few hours of hassle at German customs, but it was more than worth it:
the reason for the American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who sold at auction last night for the amount of 270,000 euros a luxury watch, which he had forgotten to declare when he landed in Germany the day before.
“Happy ending to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s customs adventure,” writes in a press release today the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative, an organization that works to defend the environment, to which the proceeds raised during the event in the ski resort of Kitzbühel, Austria, went.
On stage and to the delight of his 160 guests, including US climate envoy John Kerry, the Hollywood star commanded attention, joking about the incident at Munich airport centering on the watch and the possibility that customs officers had passed him handcuffs.
“It was a crazy experiencehe said to the crowd, according to a video released by TMZ.
Arriving in Munich from the US, the 76-year-old Austrian-American actor and former governor of California was detained for a few hours on Wednesday at an airport in southern Germany after he failed to declare the luxury Swiss watch to customs. The authorities started a criminal procedure against him for tax evasion.
Off the clock, they came out “on the hammer» last night artwork or even a workout with the former weightlifter. In total, the sum of 1.31 million euros was collected, which will be used to develop the expensive plans of the actor, who organizes an annual climate summit in Vienna every year.
Source :Skai
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