All's well That ends well.
Despite some problems at customs, Arnold Schwarzenegger resold a luxury watch at auction on Thursday evening for 270,000 euros.
“Happy outcome for Arnold Schwarzenegger's customs adventure,” commented in a press release this Friday the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative, an environmental defense organization which will receive the funds raised during this evening, organized in the Austrian ski resort. posh Kitzbühel.
The American actor failed to declare his luxury jewelry on Thursday evening when he landed in Munich.
An oversight that did not please German customs, who detained the Hollywood star for almost three hours.
To continue his journey, he had to pay a fine of 9,000 euros.
As German law specifies that part of these customs fees must be paid in cash, the 76-year-old actor was escorted by police to a bank to withdraw the funds.
Criminal proceedings for tax fraud have been initiated against him.
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1.31 million euros raised
During the evening, the Hollywood actor used this incident to amuse his guests.
On stage and to the great amusement of his 160 hand-picked guests, including the American climate envoy John Kerry, Arnold Schwarzenegger put on a show, making jokes about the Munich incident, about the watch and handcuffs that officials could have placed on him.
“It was a crazy experience,” he said in front of a captivated audience, according to a video broadcast by the celebrity news site TMZ.
In addition to the watch, from the Swiss brand Audemars Piguet and valued at 26,000 euros by the German authorities, works of art and even a training session with the former weightlifter were put up for auction on Thursday evening.
In total, 1.31 million euros were raised to support projects dear to the actor who organizes an annual climate conference each year in Vienna.