A3 Artists Agency has reportedly severed ties with the actor (Image: Getty)
Chris Noth has been fired by his talent agency less than three months after signing with them in October 2021.
The Sex and the City star was fired by A3 Artists Agency on Friday, as Deadline initially reported, and agents confirmed the decision to Metro.co.uk Saturday.
‘I can confirm that Chris Noth is no longer a customer,’ an A3 spokesperson told Metro.co.uk.
This decision comes amid the recent publication of two separate allegations of sexual assault in 2004 and 2015 against the 67-year-old actor, who enjoyed a return to the headlines from the Sex and the City spin-off. Same as in early December.
The two women spoke to The Hollywood Reporter using pseudonyms to protect their identities.
The star has vehemently denied the claims as “categorically false.”
Noth at this month’s world premiere of And Just Like That (Image: Dave Allocca / Starpix / Rex / Shutterstock)
One, named Zoe, is now 40 and said she was 22 when she met Noth while working at a company that had high-profile celebrities as clients.
She claimed that Noth, who was 49 at the time, invited her to his apartment in a West Hollywood building where he allegedly moved her onto the bed, removed her shorts, and began raping her.
The second accuser, Lily (again a pseudonym), was a waitress in the VIP section of former New York nightclub No. 8 in 2015 when she allegedly met Noth.
As the night progressed, Lily said that she began to feel more and more drunk, but that she was not close to passing out. Noth allegedly invited her to his Greenwich Village apartment to sample his collection of whiskeys.
She alleged that he tried to kiss her, which she “cautiously entertained,” but he became increasingly persistent. After leaving her apartment, Lily told her friend that he had “forcibly” had sex with her, but she refused to go to the police.
In a statement sent to Metro.co.uk in response to the allegations, Noth said: ‘The allegations against me made by people I have known years, even decades, are categorically false.
These stories could have been from 30 years ago or 30 days ago, it doesn’t always mean no, that’s a line I didn’t cross. The meetings were consensual. It’s hard not to question when these stories came out. ‘
He added: ‘I don’t know for sure why they are showing up now, but I know this: I did not assault these women.’
Filming with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker for And Just Like That in New York in November (Image: James Devaney / GC Images)
The allegations are not currently under investigation with the Los Angeles Police Department, and LAPD Officer Drake Madison confirms that no report has been filed.
‘There is no record of a report being filed at this time. Without a report there is no investigation, ‘he told the Palestinian Authority news agency.
On Thursday night, Law & Order actress Zoe Lister-Jones accused her co-star Noth of being ‘sexually inappropriate’ at her workplace, which was a bar she owned, and on the set of the hit TV show. American, who starred in from 1990 to 1995.
Spoilers below for And just like that.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘Last week my friend asked me how I felt about Mr. Big’s death on And Just Like That and I said, honestly, I was relieved.
‘He asked me why and I told him it was because he couldn’t separate the actor from the man, and the man is a sexual predator. My friend was alarmed by the choice of words. And to be honest, me too.
‘I hadn’t thought of this man for so many years and yet there was a virility to my language that came from somewhere deep and buried.’
Zoe Lister-Jones accused Chris Noth of being ‘a sexual predator’ (Image: Getty)
The actress went on to detail occasions in which she claimed to see the star behaving in a ‘consistently sexually inappropriate’ manner with a fellow promoter of hers at the bar.
She also accused him. From being ‘drunk on set’ when she was the guest star on Law and Order, before he ‘walked up to me, sniffed my neck and whispered,’ You smell good.
Peloton has also removed its viral ad starring Noth, which was made in response to the death of his character Mr Big from a heart attack after rigorous training on his Peloton.
Noth had starred in a parody ad for Peloton, which has now been removed from social media (Image: Instagram / onepeloton)
The fitness equipment company acted quickly on the back of the rumor and launched a nifty short clip that saw Mr Big return con Ryan Reynolds narrando.
He has since removed himself from Peloton’s social media channels after his followers increasingly called him in light of the allegations against Noth.
Peloton said in a released statement and Mail Online : «All allegations of sexual assault must be taken seriously. We were not aware of these allegations when we featured Chris Noth in our response to the HBO reboot.
“As we seek more information, we are discontinuing promoting this video and archiving related social posts.”
Metro.co. UK has contacted representatives for Chris Noth for comment .
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