In a Shocking Turn of Events, He Was Racist, Too!
One of the actresses who had to put up with Cohn’s behavior was Kim Novak. Novak was involved in a relationship with famed singer Sammy Davis Jr. at the time, and Cohn allegedly became so incensed by the idea of a white woman, particularly one he found attractive, going out with a black man, that he hired mobsters to threaten Davis Jr. The mobsters told Davis Jr. he had to marry a black woman immediately or he would be met with blindness and broken legs.