Molly Shannon says Gary Coleman sexually harassed her early in her career: 'He was relentless'

• Molly Shannon said that the late Gary Coleman sexually harassed her early in her career.
• She said the "Diff'rent Strokes" star was "relentless" in pursuing Shannon when they met in his hotel room.

Molly Shannon said that she was sexually harassed by the late Gary Coleman early in her career.

The "Saturday Night Live" star appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" Tuesday and revealed that she and Coleman once had the same agent early in her career. The agent, whom Shannon had just signed with, invited the actress to meet Coleman in his hotel room.

After the agent left, Shannon said Coleman asked her to sit on the bed.

"It was very sweet," she detailed. "And then he's, like, tickling me a little. This and that."

Shannon added that she wasn't even thinking about sex since she was "a virgin" and "naive."

"He was relentless," Shannon continued. "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. Then, I would fling him off. And then he got on top of me," she added. "I guess because of his size I didn't feel physically threatened. But ... it was going on and on. Repeating. I would throw him off, he would get back on."

Shannon said she was "finally" about to "get him off" and she went to the bathroom, but said Coleman "grabs" her leg.

"And then, I go lock myself in the bathroom and then he sticks his hands under the door," she added. "And he's like, 'I can see you.'"

Coleman, who famously stood at 4'8" due to a medical condition that affected his growth, died in 2010 at age 42.

Insider reached out to Coleman's former agent for comment but didn't immediately hear back.