New Book Claims Hollywood Legend Mickey Rooney ‘Wore Out’ Casting Couch By Luring Women Into Fake Auditions

Actor Mickey Rooney not only slept with a 14-year-old Liz Taylor at the age of 24, but also lured the young actress onto the casting couch with the prospect of roles that did not exist, according to Australian journalist Craig Bennett — whose latest book paints the deceased Hollywood legend in a nightmarish light that rivals that of Harvey Weinstein.

Bennett’s book, “True Confessions of a Shameless Gossip,” profiles various celebrities he encountered over the years, but the star of the Andy Hardy films gets the worst of it, dispelling the myth of his much-ballyhooed “nice guy persona.”