Chris Noth Exits ‘The Equalizer’ as ‘SATC’ Costars Address Sexual Assault Allegations
Following accusations of sexual assault, Chris Noth has been dropped from the CBS thriller series The Equalizer.
As reported by Variety, Noth is set to appear in one upcoming episode of the series that has already been filmed, but that will mark his final appearance on the show outside of future encore presentations. CBS and Universal TV have yet to make an official comment.
The firing comes after a recent article from The Hollywood Reporter in which two women accused Noth of sexual assault. The accusers allege that the incidents took place in Los Angeles in 2004 and New York in 2015.
Noth has stated that the accusations are “categorically false” and that the encounters were consensual. “The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false,” he said in a statement to THR. “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.”
The actor played William Bishop in The Equalizer reboot, starring alongside Queen Latifah, Tory Kittles, and Adam Goldberg. Noth is perhaps best known as Mr. Big in Sex and the City, a role which he recently reprised in the HBO Max revival And Just Like That.
In response to the allegations against Noth, Sex and the City stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis released a joint statement yesterday addressing the matter.
“We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth. We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences,” said the statement shared on Nixon’s Instagram Story. “We know it must be a very difficult thing to do and we commend them for it.”
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I think it’s totally unfair to fire him before an investigation has been done. You’re declaring him guilty in my opinion. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
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Why must people say we believe the women who come with this news? Why doesn't anyone wait for any evidence anymore? Things take to long nowadays to come to light, who remembers any details
From that far back!
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Why does it take so long for women to come forward? Seems like they wait until someone has something to lose.
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-Fear
-Belief or people telling them for so long that what they experienced wasn't really assault
-Lack of any means to help them, either because investigators refuse to get involved or don't have the resources to get involved
-The person they're accusing has a lot of money and connections to ensure people stay quiet, or to make them feel like a court battle won't be worth it
-The concern that if they do come forward, nobody will believe them (and indeed, given how often comments like yours pop up in these situations, they have good reason to feel that way)
Take your pick. Seriously, women have explained numerous times over the years why it takes so long for so many of them to come forward in these kinds of situations. I don't get why that's still a mystery to people these days. Even those who do come forward right away still have to deal with all of the above crap to some degree. Because for some reason, society still likes to deride the victims and assume they must have some ulterior motive, despite the fact that allegations of this sort are rarely ever false.
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"allegations of this sort are rarely ever false" -- is an unsupportable statement
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I believe innocent until proven guilty..
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I liked his character, too bad this happened.
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17 years ago and 6 years ago, to be exact, Mary. Maybe there weren't as many hungry lawyers back then.
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Ha. Sorry dude, but there have always been hungry lawyers. Always will be!
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I agree!!
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I agree everyone deserves the right to be innocent before proven guilty. I am surprised it’s happening to a white male, because it is normally African-American males and females that have to endure this.
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SATC cast post seems imply that may have happened in that show too?
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I'm sure he never hit on QL.
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