BAKERSFIELD, California: The media spotlight turned Wednesday on the mystery woman with whom Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a love child, kept secret by the movie star turned politician for over a decade. Reports identified her as Mildred Patricia Baena, who was a housekeeper for Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver for two decades before retiring in recent months. The former California governor admitted Tuesday to fathering a child with a staff member over a decade ago, but only told Shriver after he left office in January, triggering their separation announced last week. Media including the TMZ celebrity news website identified her as Baena, publishing multiple photographs and triggering a journalistic manhunt to find the woman herself. She was tracked down to her home in Bakersfield, a city 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The former bodybuilder's estranged wife Shriver, issued a statement Tuesday asking for privacy during a “painful and heartbreaking time.” – Agence France
