Actress Sherrie Hewson says she was sexually assaulted by a film director when she was first starting out in the industry. Her attacker lured her to his flat, plied her with booze, stripped naked – then attacked her while she tried to sleep, she reveals.
Benidorm star Sherrie was just 21 when the “very famous” director jumped on her in the dark. When asked if she thought she would be raped, Sherrie, now 70, said: “His intention was to have sex.
He was naked.” Sherrie, who has also starred in Coronation Street and Emmerdale, said the man had offered her a lift home from her drama school, then detoured to a restaurant before making an excuse to stop at his flat.
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