‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’s Chris Noth Speaks Out In opposition to Sexual Assault Allegations

Sex and the City star Chris Noth is talking out after two years of silence following sexual assault allegations that led to his dismissal from CBS’ The Equalizer and sudden death in Max’s And Just Like That.

“I strayed on my spouse, and it’s devastating to her and never a really fairly image,” the 68-year-old stated in an interview with USA Today. “What it isn’t is a criminal offense.”

Two girls accused the actor of sexually assaulting them, sharing tales about reported incidents in 2004 and 2015 in several cities. In response to the claims, Noth said in December 2021, “The accusations towards me made by people I met years, even a long time, in the past are categorically false. These tales may’ve been from 30 years in the past or 30 days in the past — no all the time means no — that may be a line I didn’t cross. The encounters have been consensual. It’s tough to not query the timing of those tales popping out. I don’t know for sure why they’re surfacing now, however I do know this: I didn’t assault these girls.”

A 3rd lady got here ahead to The Daily Beast accusing Noth of sexual assault, and the actor once more denied the claims.

Noth was removed from the Season 1 finale of the Intercourse and the Metropolis revival. Mr. Massive’s character was set to characteristic in a fantasy sequence the place Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) reunited along with her former lover whereas scattering his ashes at Paris’ Seine River. Nonetheless, Mr. Massive was killed off within the first episode of And Simply Like That after struggling a coronary heart assault following a exercise on a Peloton and was not seen after. The character’s shock loss of life was deliberate effectively earlier than the allegations of sexual assault got here to mild.

In the meantime, Noth’s The Equalizer character, William Bishop, was killed offscreen. Noth’s final on-screen look got here within the January 2, 2022 episode, “Separated,” which was filmed previous to his being dropped from the sequence on December 20, 2021.

“There’s nothing I can say to vary anybody’s thoughts when you’ve got that sort of a tidal wave,” Noth informed USA Right now. “It sounds defensive. I’m not. There’s no felony court docket. There’s no felony trial. There’s nothing for me to get on the stand about and get my story out, get witnesses. And there’s much more absurd add-ons which might be fully ridiculous, which have completely no foundation in actual fact.”

USA Right now notes the TV vet, additionally identified for his work on Law & Order and The Good Wife, is presently directing and starring in Eugene Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros at a theater in rural Massachusetts.

“I’m not going to put down and simply say it’s over,” he acknowledged, seemingly concerning his profession. “It’s a salacious story, but it surely’s simply not a real one. And I can’t simply say ‘Effectively, OK, that’s it for me’ due to that. I’m an actor. I’ve different issues that I wish to do creatively. And I’ve youngsters to help. I can’t simply relaxation on my laurels. So yeah, I’ve sufficient to let a yr drift, however I don’t know methods to gauge or decide getting again into the membership, the enterprise, as a result of companies are frightened…. I’ve to simply proceed on. It’s tough, as a result of persons are scared, and their worry leads them. And I’ve to simply persevere as a result of I nonetheless have a artistic life.”