Los Angeles police officers responded to a spurious bomb threat at former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Brentwood mansion on Thanksgiving morning before giving the all-clear.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department was not able to confirm that the department responded to Schwarzenegger’s house but said there was a call regarding a suspicious package around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the same block of the tony Brentwood neighborhood where the movie star and former Mr. Universe lives.
“It was determined there was no evidence of any explosives,” LAPD Officer Kevin Terzes said of the police response. The bomb threat was first reported by TMZ, which characterized it as a “swatting” incident, in which perpetrators initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a victim under false pretenses.
Terzes was not able to provide any information about who placed the call. Schwarzenegger’s spokesperson declined to comment.
Schwarzenegger was at the gym during the incident, according to someone with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.
Schwarzenegger has long lived in Brentwood and made headlines last year when he took it upon himself to repair some potholes in the neighborhood — an action that was not sanctioned by the city, which countered that at least one of the now-filled potholes was a service trench meant to be used for permitted work by Southern California Gas Co.
He was elected governor in 2003 after the recall of then-Gov. Gray Davis, serving two terms and at times commuting by private jet between Brentwood and Sacremento.
