The late Jerry Lewis has been accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment by a string of his former co-stars.Lewis - remembered by many as 'The King of Comedy' - died of natural causes in 2017 aged 91, and now an exposé documentary byVanity Fairalleges that he mistreated actressesKaren Sharpe, Hope Holiday and many others.The documentary feature released Wednesday, titled The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon, was helmed by Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick who produced HBO's sensational Allen v Farrow, that documented accusations of sexual abuse brought against Woody Allen by his daughter Dylan Farrow. Jerry Lewis co-stars accuse late star of sexual abuse: New documentary and exposé allege 'King of Comedy' would lock actresses in his dressing room (actor pictured above)Among the claims of abuse are allegations that Lewis invited one actress into his dressing room before locking the door and masturbating in front of her while 'talking dirty.' Karen Sharpe, now 87, starred alongside Lewis in 1964's The Disorderly Orderly, and alleges that an incident took place when Lewis ordered people out of a dressing room leaving them alone together.'He began to fondle me.
