Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Multiple Women: Everything to Know

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Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Multiple Women: Everything to Know

Less than one week after Chris Noth made headlines regarding his brief return to the anticipated Sex and the City revival, he has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

Shortly after the HBO Max premiere of And Just Like That, two women came forward in December 2021 with claims that the Equalizer alum had previously assaulted them.

One of the alleged victims, who went by the moniker of Zoe in a Hollywood Reporter profile, claimed that the actor “raped her from behind” in 2004 after they met during a high-profile Los Angeles event.

Zoe, who was 22 at the time, claimed that the Wisconsin native flirted with her before inviting her to his West Hollywood apartment. There, Zoe claimed that he kissed and assaulted her, even laughing when she asked him to wear a “condom” amid the “painful” experience.

“I realized there was blood on my shirt. I got out of there. I went to my friend’s apartment [in the same building],” Zoe allegedly recalled to the outlet, noting that she later went to the hospital. “I had stitches. Two police officers came. I wouldn’t say who it was.”

A second woman, Lily, also accused him of misconduct in the THR report after the pair met while she was working at a New York City nightclub in 2015. She claimed that the actor invited her back to his apartment after a night of drinking.

“He said marriage is a sham. Monogamy is not real,” Lily claimed, revealing that the next thing she knew was that Noth “was having sex with me from the back in a chair. We were in front of a mirror. I was kind of crying as it happened. … I went to the bathroom and put on my skirt. I was feeling awful. Totally violated. All of my dreams with this star I loved for years were gone.”

One day later, a third alleged victim came forward, telling the Daily Beast that she was sexually assaulted by the Golden Globe nominee while working as a hostess and lounge singer at New York’s Da Marino restaurant in 2010 when she was 18.

“At first, it felt as though I was the only person in the universe who could hear me saying no,” the woman, who is referred to as Ava, recalled to the newspaper, claiming that her limbs hurt the next morning. “He wasn’t hearing ‘no,’ but he heard me when I said ‘not here’ and convinced him that I would meet him somewhere else.”

Amid the allegations, the Good Wife alum has continually denied the claims.

“The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false,” Noth told Us Weekly via a statement at the time. “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.”

Following the recent headlines, Noth — who has been married to Tara Wilson since 2012  —  had been dropped by his talent management firm, A3 Artists Agency. Additionally, Noth’s collaboration with Peloton following his SATC character’s death has since been scrubbed from the fitness company’s social media.

“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,” Peloton, who teamed up with Ryan Reynolds for the commercial, told Us via a statement shortly after the news broke. “As we seek to learn more, we have stopped promoting this video and archived related social posts.”

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

Scroll below to learn more about Noth’s sexual assault scandal:

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Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Multiple Women: Everything to Know

Less than one week after Chris Noth made headlines regarding his brief return to the anticipated Sex and the City revival, he has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

Shortly after the HBO Max premiere of And Just Like That, two women came forward in December 2021 with claims that the Equalizer alum had previously assaulted them.

One of the alleged victims, who went by the moniker of Zoe in a Hollywood Reporter profile, claimed that the actor “raped her from behind” in 2004 after they met during a high-profile Los Angeles event.

Zoe, who was 22 at the time, claimed that the Wisconsin native flirted with her before inviting her to his West Hollywood apartment. There, Zoe claimed that he kissed and assaulted her, even laughing when she asked him to wear a “condom” amid the “painful” experience.

“I realized there was blood on my shirt. I got out of there. I went to my friend’s apartment [in the same building],” Zoe allegedly recalled to the outlet, noting that she later went to the hospital. “I had stitches. Two police officers came. I wouldn’t say who it was.”

A second woman, Lily, also accused him of misconduct in the THR report after the pair met while she was working at a New York City nightclub in 2015. She claimed that the actor invited her back to his apartment after a night of drinking.

“He said marriage is a sham. Monogamy is not real,” Lily claimed, revealing that the next thing she knew was that Noth “was having sex with me from the back in a chair. We were in front of a mirror. I was kind of crying as it happened. … I went to the bathroom and put on my skirt. I was feeling awful. Totally violated. All of my dreams with this star I loved for years were gone.”

One day later, a third alleged victim came forward, telling the Daily Beast that she was sexually assaulted by the Golden Globe nominee while working as a hostess and lounge singer at New York’s Da Marino restaurant in 2010 when she was 18.

“At first, it felt as though I was the only person in the universe who could hear me saying no,” the woman, who is referred to as Ava, recalled to the newspaper, claiming that her limbs hurt the next morning. “He wasn’t hearing ‘no,’ but he heard me when I said ‘not here’ and convinced him that I would meet him somewhere else.”

Amid the allegations, the Good Wife alum has continually denied the claims.

“The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false,” Noth told Us Weekly via a statement at the time. “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.”

Following the recent headlines, Noth — who has been married to Tara Wilson since 2012  —  had been dropped by his talent management firm, A3 Artists Agency. Additionally, Noth’s collaboration with Peloton following his SATC character’s death has since been scrubbed from the fitness company’s social media.

“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,” Peloton, who teamed up with Ryan Reynolds for the commercial, told Us via a statement shortly after the news broke. “As we seek to learn more, we have stopped promoting this video and archived related social posts.”

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

Scroll below to learn more about Noth’s sexual assault scandal:

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What Happened?

Noth was accused of sexual assault by two women via a December 2021 THR report, shortly after his well-publicized role in the SATC revival earlier that month.

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How Has Chris Noth Responded?

Shortly after the allegations made headlines, the Perfect Man actor rebutted the claims, noting that the encounters were “consensual.”

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Has His Work Been Affected?

Following Noth’s character death in And Just Like That, he shot a brief Peloton ad with the Green Lantern star and fitness trainer Jess King. The video, which debuted shortly after the HBO Max premiere, has since been removed from the brand’s social media amid the allegations.


Earlier this year, Noth’s tequila brand, Ambhar, was in negotiations regarding a potential sale. However, in light of the scandal, it has since been terminated. 

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Have There Been More Allegations?

One day after the THR article was published, a third allegation was made via a Daily Beast report. The third alleged victim told the newspaper that she was initially starstruck upon meeting Noth: “I remember how electrifying his hand, the hand I watched hold Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, felt grabbing me.” After their encounter, she instead found him “sloppy,” “heavy” and “strong.”

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Former Costars Weigh In

Amid the scandal, Zoe Lister-Jones publicly called out her former costar via an Instagram statement.


“Last week, my friend asked me how I felt about Mr. Big’s death on And Just Like That, and I said, honestly I felt relieved,” the Life in Pieces alum wrote via social media. "He asked why and I told him it was because I couldn’t separate the actor from the man, and the man is a sexual predator. My friend was alarmed at my word choice. And to be honest so was I. … On the few occasions he would show up, he was consistently sexually inappropriate with a fellow female promoter. That same year I was a guest star on Law and Order and it was his first episode returning as a detective after SATC. He was drunk on set.”

She further alleged, “In one take he got close to me, sniffed my neck, and whispered, ‘You smell good.’ I didn’t say anything. My friend at the club never said anything. It’s so rare that we do.”


Sophia Bush, Helen Hunt, Anna-Sophia Robb and more celebrities have rallied around the New Girl alum in the wake of her social media message.

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Dropped Again

Entertainment Arts Research Inc., the company that planned to acquire Noth's tequila brand, Ambhar, is not moving forward with the purchase amid the allegations. “At this point in time it doesn’t make sense for us to move forward with this deal in light of the claims, which must be taken with the utmost seriousness,” Bernard Rubin, CEO of EARI, said in a statement in December. The deal was reportedly worth $12 million.

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Axed From CBS

Days after the third alleged victim came forward, the network confirmed in December that Noth would no longer be part of their show The Equalizer, "effective immediately."

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Set Claims

Following the allegations surrounding Noth, a former stand-in on SATC called his set behavior “disgusting.” 

“As a former stand-in who worked on Sex and the City for four seasons, I remember his toxic behavior all too vividly,” Heather Kristin wrote in an Independent essay in December 2021. “The first time the ‘alpha male’ actor slid his hand down my back and over my butt, I flinched. I was in my mid-20’s and had worked as an extra on movie sets for over a decade; I had never been manhandled. ‘That’s your spot, sweetie,’ Noth said, inching even closer.”

The former actress claimed, "The atmosphere was toxic. About a year later, Chris Noth pointed to another stand-in and said, ‘I want that one tied up, gagged, and brought to my trailer.’ When he got near me, I balled up my fists, squared my shoulders, and said, ‘This is my and her space.’”

A spokesperson for Noth has denied the allegations, telling Us, “There’s never been a single complaint or report about him acting inappropriately on the set of Sex and the City.”

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Another Accuser

Singer Lisa Gentile came forward to accuse the actor of sexual assault on December 23. During a press conference with lawyer Gloria Allred, she claimed that Noth forcibly kissed her and touched her breasts in 2002. “I was trying to get him to stop," the songwriter said, alleging that Noth called her one day later and threatened to "ruin" her career if she told anyone about the incident.

Allred, for her part, called on Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis to support the Adult Survivors Act, a proposed New York state law that would allow sexual assault victims to seek justice after the statute of limitations ended. "We urge Sarah, Cynthia and Kristin to take action, to speak out in support of the Adult Survivors Act," the lawyer said. "Their endorsement of this act would be important.”