LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Intercourse And The Metropolis actor Chris Noth on Thursday (Dec 16) denied sexual assault allegations introduced in opposition to him by two ladies who contacted The Hollywood Reporter.
Noth – who lately reprised his function as Mr Massive within the present’s sequel And Simply Like That… – informed AFP that his encounters with the ladies in 2004 and 2015 had been “consensual.”
“The accusations in opposition to me made by people I met years, even a long time, in the past are categorically false,” Noth, 67, stated in a written assertion.
“These tales may’ve been from 30 years in the past or 30 days in the past – no at all times means no – that could be a line I didn’t cross.”
The Hollywood Reporter printed the allegations on Thursday, having been first contacted by the 2 nameless ladies – who have no idea one another – months aside.
One lady alleged that Noth raped her in his West Hollywood condominium in 2004 after she went to return a guide that he had briefly lent to her after they met on the constructing’s pool.
She was 22 on the time of the incident and went to hospital to obtain stitches as a result of her accidents, she stated.
The opposite lady stated she was on a date with Noth in New York in 2015 when he invited her again to his condominium, the place he allegedly assaulted her.
Noth lately appeared within the first episode of And Simply Like That… by which his character dies of a coronary heart assault shortly after a exercise on a Peloton train bike.
The train firm shortly enlisted Noth to seem in a parody commercial emphasising the well being advantages of its product.
Within the wake of the allegations, Peloton has eliminated the ad and associated social media posts.
The 2 ladies informed The Hollywood Reporter that renewed publicity surrounding Noth and the Intercourse And The Metropolis sequel had been “triggering” and had led them to return ahead with their accounts.
Noth stated it was “troublesome to not query the timing of those tales popping out.”
“I do not know for sure why they’re surfacing now, however I do know this: I didn’t assault these ladies,” he stated.
Hollywood commerce publication Deadline reported that the Los Angeles Police Division had opened an investigation into the alleged 2004 rape.
An LAPD spokesman was unable to instantly remark when contacted by AFP.