Kim Novak, she was under contract with Columbia Studios. The head of Columbia Studios at the time, Harry Cohn, was worried about the negative effect their interracial relationship would have on the studio.
So Harry allegedly called his friend, mobster Johnny Roselli, and asked Johnny to inform Sammy that he had to end the relationship with Novak. Roselli arranged for Davis to be kidnapped for a few hours to scare him a lil’ bit and in a 2014 BBC documentary, it was disclosed that Cohn arranged for Davis to be threatened with having his other eye put out, or his leg broken if he did not marry a black woman within 48 hours. That’s why Sammy hastily arranged his marriage to Loray White in 1958, in an attempt to quiet the controversy and he allegedly offered Loray $10,000 to marry him. The marriage only lasted 9 months.
But wait, there’s more, there was drama with actress, Lola Folana…
In 1960, Davis stirred up the pot again when he married white
MMM…not completely true. The part about Sammy and Kim having a relationship is true. So is the reaction of Harry Cohn. However, Cohn couldn’t get the Outfit to do anything to Sammy. They didn’t care, plus Sammy made so much money in Outfit controlled clubs, they would never have ‘killed the golden goose’. That eye injury was from a car accident well before Sammy dated Kim. Think about it: do you really think a mostly Italian run group like the Outfit (all of the Mobs, not just the Mafia and such) cared if a Polish girl wanted to date a Black man? It’s also a fact that people like Sinatra, Martin and such protected Sammy, even making some people do things they wouldn’t…when the owners of the Sands wouldn’t allow Sammy to stay there, Sinatra told them, “Sam gets to stay here. Or I GO.” Sinatra and his buddies were the big draw at the Sands .. they even built Sam a bungalow of his own to stay in.
MMM…not completely true. The part about Sammy and Kim having a relationship is true. So is the reaction of Harry Cohn. However, Cohn couldn’t get the Outfit to do anything to Sammy. They didn’t care, plus Sammy made so much money in Outfit controlled clubs, they would never have ‘killed the golden goose’. That eye injury was from a car accident well before Sammy dated Kim. Think about it: do you really think a mostly Italian run group like the Outfit (all of the Mobs, not just the Mafia and such) cared if a Polish girl wanted to date a Black man? It’s also a fact that people like Sinatra, Martin and such protected Sammy, even making some people do things they wouldn’t…when the owners of the Sands wouldn’t allow Sammy to stay there, Sinatra told them, “Sam gets to stay here. Or I GO.” Sinatra and his buddies were the big draw at the Sands .. they even built Sam a bungalow of his own to stay in.