'His fingers went into the crack of my a**!' Ex-wife of crooner Eddie Fisher claims Larry King groped her twice - once sliding his hand down the back of her dress and again squeezing her butt so hard it left a bruise

Terry Richard, an ex-wife of singer Eddie Fisher, claims that former CNN talk show host Larry King groped her at a public event on two separate occasions, she told DailyMailTV in an exclusive interview.

Richard says the groping incidents took place in 2005 and again in 2006, both at a baseball awards dinner at Universal Studios, in Los Angeles.

The 63-year-old Richard said in the first incident, while posing together for a photo, King slid his hand down her backless dress and rested his fingers in between her butt cheeks.

The photo, during which King allegedly groped Richard for the first time, was featured in a local newspaper and the clipping was obtained by DailyMailTV.

Richard claims the second time was also while they were taking a photo together, and King, now 84, squeezed her butt so hard that it left a large bruise.

Speaking from her home in Los Angeles, Richard said: 'Larry King is a groper. He groped me twice. He gets a thrill doing this in front of the camera, knowing I couldn't do anything.'

Responding to a comment request from DailyMailTV, King's lawyer said Richard's assertion is false. 'Mr. King did no such thing then or ever.'

She said: 'We stood there to pose for a photo, I was wearing a backless Versace black dress.

'Larry put his hand behind me on my back and as the photographer was taking our picture Larry slid his hand down from the middle of my back to putting his hand inside of my dress and it ended up with about three or four of his fingers in the crack of my a**.

I couldn't believe it. I was so shocked. I froze. I let out a "squelch."

'Jamie McCourt was standing to the left of us but didn't see anything, she looked at me after she heard my "squelch" but didn't say anything.

'I just smiled there real big, I didn't know what to do.'

Richard says King left his fingers in the crack of her rear for 'about eight to ten seconds.'

She added: 'He had a big smile on his face. I didn't say anything, I didn't want to cause a scene in front of everyone.

'My reaction was to slap him in his face but he was the guest speaker. It was awful.

'What really got me was – I’m a wife, my child was at the event, I’m working and I was over 50 covering his event. So, there's no age limit.'

She added: 'When he grabbed me I let out an audible sound, and Larry scurried off.

'He ran off with his wife down the red carpet towards the limousines. And I just stood there shocked, thinking this must be a thing for Larry.

'I mean, am I the only one he's ever done this to? I don't think so. It's obvious Larry King has been getting away with this for a long time.'

Even after 12 years Richard hasn't forgotten what he did.