Marc Jacobs Hobo during the recall election

Associates of Schwarzenegger and Shriver, pointing to the request for privacy, offered only scant details. The child was said to be a

Marc Jacobs Hobo

boy, about 14 years old. Several friends said the mother was working around the house, pregnant, at the same time that Shriver was pregnant with the youngest of the couple's four children, Christopher, who is 13. The woman and the child did not live in the house.
By every account, Schwarzenegger made no mention of the situation to Shriver or to the team of political consultants he brought in during the 2003 recall election against Davis, and in the re-election campaign in 2006.
Friends of both Schwarzenegger and Shriver expressed astonishment not only at his actions but also that he eluded detection by the public and his family over the course of his very public life. Schwarzenegger told his wife about the affair only late last year, when his public service career had come to end, and shortly after the mother of his son left the job with severance after working for the family for 20 years.
"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," he said in a statement. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses, and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry."
Democrats who worked for Davis during the recall election said they were not surprised at the revelation, noting that rumors about Schwarzenegger's infidelity were a constant backdrop of the campaign.