When John Lennon watched Jayne Mansfield drinking his 'peed into' cocktail

A new book has claimed that John Lennon urinated in cocktail before watching American sex symbol Jayne Mansfield drink it.

According to the book, the late Beatles member was being pursued at The Beatles rented mansion in Los Angeles by blonde actress Mansfield, who was intent on seducing Lennon, the Mirror reported.

Chris Hutchins, the author of the book, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail newspaper, wrote that as much as the legendary musician loved women, he hated the way The Beatles were treated as novelties, rather than real people, and he couldn't bear to be touched uninvited by strangers.

Hutchins continued that this prompted the late musician to take a horrible revenge upon Mansfield, secretly peeing into the cocktail which she had asked me to mix her and watching with delight.

According to the book, called The Beatles: Messages From John, Paul, George And Ringo, Mansfield drank the drink before declaring it was "a real humdinger".