‘Sex and the City’ star Chris Noth denies sexual assault accusations

Chris Noth, who plays Mr Big in ‘Sex and the city’, denied sexual assault accusations against him as reported by Hollywood Reporter. The 67-year-old said that his encounters with the two women in 2004 and 2015 were consensual. 

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Two women, going by pseudonyms Lily and Zoe, spoke to the Hollywood reporter, accusing Noth of sexual assault in separate incidents. They said that the actor’s return to the ‘Sex and the City’ franchise had triggered memories of their experiences with him. 

“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. The encounters were consensual,” Noth said in the statement to the USA Today. 

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“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 added.

Zoe said she was 22 when she met Noth in 2004. She added that he invited her to a pool at his apartment building and later kissed her and had sex with her against her will.

Lily was a server at a New York nightclub where Noth asked her on a date in 2015. She said she later went with him to his apartment where they had sex but she left feeling ‘totally violated’. 

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Noth said that the timing of the accusations was questionable as the report was published a week after the premiere of the ‘Sex and the City’ reboot. His character was killed with a 

Noth dubbed the “And Just Like That” shocked fans when it killed off Noth’s character after suffering a heart attack while exercising on a Peloton bike. The company scrubbed the video ad from its social media platforms Thursday following the allegations.

Asked for comment, a Peloton spokesperson, as per USA Today, said, “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. As we seek to learn more, we have stopped promoting this video and archived related social posts.”