This January 17th, Austrian-born actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained for three hours at customs at Munich Airport.. Because, the Terminator interpreter did not reveal the luxury watch that he wants to auction on his arrival from Los Angeles in Austria this Thursday.
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Not only was Schwarzenegger detained, but a customs spokesman told Der Spiegel that criminal tax proceedings had been opened against him. They interrogated the actor for three hours, asking him questions about his children, partner, bank accounts, assets and more.
An officer had to accompany them to the bank to withdraw the cash.
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The watch will be auctioned this Thursday at a gala dinner ahead of the Climate Summit in Kitzbühel, Austria. Despite this explanation, the actor’s arguments were futile and He had to pay to import the watch into the European Union – for 35,000 euros – and a fine of 5,000 euros. It was reported in the newspaper
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But Schwarzenegger’s journey did not end there. The aforementioned media also indicated that, although the former governor wanted to pay the money with a credit card, the customs agents asked him to disburse at least 50 percent of the debt in cash.
Given The actor did not have that much money, an officer had to accompany him to the bank to withdraw the money Cash
The clock is from what caused the problem Swiss luxury brand Audemars Piguet and will cost around 20,000 euros. Only 45,000 of these watches are made per year and Schwarzenegger’s watches were made exclusively for the actor’s private collection.
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*With information from EFE