That threat didn’t stop Hollywood’s top starlet, Kim Novak, from in 1957 beginning a sizzling secretive affair with “the greatest living entertainer in the world,” Sammy Davis Jr. At least, it didn’t stop her until the Mob became involved and lives were put at risk. Davis performing in 1966.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/06/04/kim-novak-and-sammy-davis-jr/

