Molly Shannon Claims Gary Coleman Sexually Harassed Her: ‘I Wish I Could Have Stood Up for Myself More’
usmagazine.comSpeaking out. Molly Shannon accused the late Gary Coleman of sexually harassing her during a meeting when she was younger.The Saturday Night Live alum, 57, detailed the alleged encounter during a Tuesday, April 12, interview on The Howard Stern Show.
The comedian had recently signed with the sitcom star’s agent, and at one point, she was given the chance to meet Coleman, who died in May 2010 at age 42.“I think he was like, ‘Sit down [on the bed].’ It was very sweet,” she alleged on Tuesday. “And then he’s, like, tickling me a little.
This and that.”The Superstar actress went on to claim that she was “trying to be polite” to the Diff’rent Strokes alum, but he didn’t pick up on her unease.“He was relentless,” she alleged. “Then, he was, like, trying to kiss me and get on top and I was like, ‘No, Gary.
Stop.’ So, I push him off. Then, I would get off the bed. Then, he would bounce on the bed. Jump, jump, jump. And wrap himself around me.
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