Actor
Chris
Noth
has
been
accused
of
sexually
assaulting
two
women
in
separate
encounters
that
took
place
in
2004
and
2015,
according
to
a
report.
The
women's
identities
were
withheld
by
The
Hollywood
Reporter
in
order
to
protect
their
privacy,
said
the
trade
publication
on
December
16,
which
used
pseudonyms
for
them
instead.
Noth,
67,
who
starred
in
Sex
and
the
City
and
appears
briefly
in
its
newly
released
sequel
And
Just
Like
That...,
said
in
a
statement
to
the
Reporter
that
the
encounters
were
consensual.
"The
accusations
against
me
made
by
individuals
I
met
years,
even
decades,
ago
are
categorically
false.
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," Noth
said
in
a
statement
to
the
Reporter.
"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,"
he
said.
Noth's
publicist
did
not
respond
to
a
request
for
further
comment.
A
call
to
an
attorney
listed
as
representing
him
was
not
immediately
returned.
The
two
women
reached
out
independently
and
months
apart
to
The
Hollywood
Reporter,
the
publication
said.
One,
with
the
pseudonym
Zoe,
said
the
revival
of
Noth's
Sex
and
the
City
character,
a
man-about-town
nicknamed
Mr.
Big,
"set
something
off
in
me"
and
prompted
her
to
go
public
with
"who
he
is",
she
told
the
Reporter.
She
asked
her
name
be
withheld
because
she
works
in
the
entertainment
industry
and
feared
repercussions
if
she
were
identified.
Noth's
character
dies
in
the
opening
episode
of
And
Just
Like
That...
after
suffering
a
heart
attack
following
an
intense
workout
on
a
Peloton
bike.
The
bikemaker
poked
fun
at
the
attention
the
episode
generated
with
an
ad
featuring
Noth,
but
the
spot
was
pulled
on
Thursday
after
the
Reporter's
story
posted.
At
media
requests,
the
Los
Angeles
Police
Department
checked
into
whether
there
was
an
open
investigation
involving
Noth
and
found
none,
police
Sgt.
Hector
Guzman
said.
The
special
victims
bureau
of
the
Los
Angeles
Sheriff's
Department
also
has
no
open
investigation,
sheriff's
Capt.
Richard
Ruiz
said.
Zoe's
Story
Zoe,
now
40,
alleges
she
was
assaulted
in
Noth's
Los
Angeles
apartment
in
2004,
when
she
was
22.
She'd
met
Noth
because
he
did
business
with
the
firm
where
she
was
employed,
the
paper
said.
A
friend
told
the
Reporter
that
she
took
Zoe
to
Cedars-Sinai
hospital,
where
she
told
staff
she'd
been
assaulted
and
was
treated
for
an
injury.
The
friend,
who's
not
identified
in
the
story,
said
police
were
called
but
Zoe
declined
to
name
her
assailant
to
them.
Her
then-boss,
who
was
not
identified,
said
that
Zoe
told
her
of
the
attack
later
that
day
but
asked
to
keep
it
private,
according
to
the
story.
In
January
2006,
Zoe
sought
counseling
at
a
rape
crisis
center,
which
the
center
confirmed
to
the
Reporter
while
keeping
details
private.
Lily's
Story
The
other
woman,
called
Lily,
now
31
and
a
journalist,
said
she
met
Noth
in
2015
when
she
was
25
and
working
as
a
server
in
the
VIP
section
of
a
now-closed
New
York
nightclub.
She
recounted
crying
and
feeling
"violated"
when
Noth
abruptly
initiated
sex.
According
to
a
friend,
identified
by
the
Reporter
as
Alex,
a
distraught
Lily
called
her
and
said
that
Noth
has
"pretty
forcibly"
had
sex
with
her
in
his
apartment.
Alex
said
she
declined
her
advice
to
call
police.
Lily
told
the
publication
she
didn't
remember
the
call.
In
texts
said
to
have
been
exchanged
by
Noth
and
Lily
and
reviewed
by
the
Reporter,
Noth
allegedly
referred
to
"our
night
last
week",
calling
it
"a
lot
of
fun"
and
adding,
"I
wasn't
quite
sure
how
you
felt."
In
her
reply,
according
to
the
paper,
Lily
said
she
"certainly
enjoyed"
his
company
but
"I
did
feel
slightly
used."
She
said
she
put
off
his
further
attempts
to
meet.
Zoe
Lister-Jones' Account
The
allegations
prompted
a
blunt
online
post
from
actor
Zoe
Lister-Jones,
who
worked
with
Noth
when
he
starred
on
a
Law
&
Order
series
and
she
was
a
guest
star.
"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,”
she
wrote.
"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."
Lister-Jones
recalled
how,
during
one
take,
he
leaned
in
to
sniff
her
neck
and
said,
"You
smell
good."
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