Warning: This post deals with sexual assault and rape, and could be triggering for some readers.
Chris Noth has been accused of sexually assaulting three women in separate incidents in 2004, 2010 and 2015.
Noth, who recently returned to television in Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That, is alleged to have assaulted the women separately.
The first two accusations were reported by The Hollywood Reporter on December 16, 2021. The women are not known to each other and approached THR separately, months apart, the publication said.
Following this, a third woman told The Daily Beast about Noth allegedly sexually assaulting her in 2010.
In a statement, Noth called the allegations "categorically false".
The news has also forced a re-examination of past stories about Noth, including allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-partner, Beverly Johnson.
Here are these women's allegations:
Zoe*.
Speaking under a pseudonym, 40-year-old Zoe* said she was new to Hollywood when she met Noth while working as an assistant at a talent agency.
He invited her to the pool at a building in West Hollywood where he had an apartment. Zoe was familiar with the building as a friend also lived there, so she and another friend visiting from the East Coast agreed.
Zoe told THR Noth had a book with him at the pool. He then said he had to go to his apartment to make a call, but he left the book behind, asked her to look through it and then bring it back to him.
She alleged that when she got upstairs, he kissed her. She said she attempted to leave, but Noth drew her towards the bed and raped her in front of a mirror.
"It was very painful and I yelled out, 'Stop!'" Zoe said. "And he didn't. I said, 'Can you at least get a condom?' and he laughed at me."
When it was over, she "got out of there" and "realised there was blood on my shirt". She went to her friend's apartment in the same building, where her other friend was also waiting.
"I walked right in and went to the bathroom and tried to get the blood out of my shirt. They wanted to know what happened. I said, 'I just want to go home.'" The visiting friend pursued her, and said, "You're scaring me."
That friend, now a child psychologist in Boston, told THR that she took Zoe to the hospital.
Following the recent allegations against Noth, a newspaper clipping recounting Johnson's accusations resurfaced across social media.
The article, which appeared in the National Enquirer, included quotes from Johnson.
"I've never been so frightened in my life. I just can't believe that someone who had once been so tender and sweet could turn into this raging wild man," she is quoted as telling a friend.
The article documented years of alleged physical abuse beginning in 1991.
Noth denied these claims and no criminal charges were ever filed.
Noth's response.
In a statement, Noth denied the new allegations against him.
"The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false," he said.
"These stories could've been from 30 years ago or 30 days ago — no always means no — that is a line I did not cross. The encounters were consensual. It's difficult not to question the timing of these stories coming out. I don't know for certain why they are surfacing now, but I do know this: I did not assault these women."
The women of SATC respond.
On December 20 local time (December 21 AEDT), Noth's co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis released a joint statement, saying they were "deeply saddened" to learn of the reports.
"We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth," the joint statement read, which was shared on their Instagram stories.
"We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences. We know it must be a very difficult thing to do and we commend them for it."
Peloton pulls its ad, Noth is dropped from his other TV series.
Exercise equipment brand Peloton has removed its viral ad starring Noth from its social media accounts following the allegations.
The ad was removed from the company's Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts, just days after it was released.
It had been rapidly produced to make light of the death of Noth's character Mr. Big on the Sex and the City sequel series, And Just Like That.
Actor Ryan Reynolds, whose marketing company produced the ad, also deleted it.
In response, a Peloton spokesperson told THR "every single sexual assault accusation must be taken seriously".
"We were unaware of these allegations when we featured Chris Noth in our response to HBO's reboot. As we seek to learn more, we have stopped promoting this video and archived related social posts."
Noth has been dropped by his talent agency, A3 Artists Agency.
"I can confirm that Chris Noth is no longer a client," a company representative said.
He will also no longer film any new episodes of TV show The Equalizer, on which he stars alongside Queen Latifah as an ex-CIA director.
On December 21, CBS and Universal Television announced his contact had been terminated.
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This article was originally published on December 17, 2021 and has been updated.
Feature image: Getty/Mamamia.
Top Comments
We would be angry but every woman is already angry about this all of the time. Its just another log on the fire at this stage.