Exclusive: Lu Zuckerman embroiled in scandal claims
Reuters - October 9th, 2003
Celebrity rotorcraft expert Lu Zuckerman today become embroiled in an alleged scandal only hours after kicking-off his campaign for the 2006 Californian election on the Discovery Channel.
A female British journalist, who had interviewed Zuckerman as part of her background research into the Robinson R22 for the hit show
“Fear Factor” in 2002, claimed that the celebrity rotorhead made inappropriate gestures during the meeting. “He was extremely charming at first,” recalled the unnamed journalist, “captivating me with his explanation of the intricacies of centripetal force. But before I knew it, he was groping my collective and playing with my cyclic.”
At which point, the lady in question alleges, Mr. Zuckerman landed the helicopter and left her in the lurch, without even a backward glance, as he strode off to examine the gearbox on a nearby S-76…
