Joseph Brooks is an Oscar winner for the original song “You Light Up My Life” paired with the movie of the same name. The movie stars Didi Conn as Laurie Robinson, a comedian who dreams of being an actress and has a one-night stand with a director.

Which has now taken on a sickening twist as Brooks has been accused of sexual assault via Craigslist casting calls that ended, sometimes unwillingly, on the casting couch…

From NYDailyNews:

Joseph Brooks played up his Hollywood connections on Craigslist Web postings to lure aspiring models and actresses to his apartment, where he forced himself on them, sources said.

The 70-year-old movie director - who made his money writing jingles for Pepsi and Geritol - is a suspect in two rapes, a sodomy case and two sexual assaults, sources told the Daily News.

The women were hooked by Brooks’ promise of parts in his next movie, sources said. He boasted about his Oscar and offer to show it to them at his pad.

Two of the victims reported being doped with date-rape drugs, sources said. Others believe their drinks were spiked. Toxicology results have been inconclusive.

One of the victims has hired a lawyer and is weighing a civil case against Brooks.

Manhattan prosecutors are negotiating with Brooks’ lawyer to talk with investigators.

Brooks declined to comment on the allegations, or the threat of a civil suit, other than to say he suffered a debilitating stroke about six months ago.

Yahoo! has some more details about the assault:

When a woman responded to an audition call, the 70-year-old Brooks would tell her she’d be playing a prostitute and would have her drink shots and perform sex acts on him, police said. Some women believe they might have been drugged, police said.

No one suspects the 70-year-old Oscar winner to be the rapist.

Gross.