American actor Chris Noth, best known for his role as Mr. Big in the TV series "Sex and the City", as well as in all its sequels, is accused of rape.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, two unfamiliar girls, 40-year-old Zoe and 31-year-old Lily (names have been changed), contacted the editorial office earlier.
They stated that the artist raped them in 2004 in Los Angeles and in 2015 in New York, respectively.
According to Zoya, in 2004, she worked for a company whose office was regularly visited by Noth and other stars.
The artist allegedly repeatedly left voice messages to the girl, which seemed strange to her leader.
Zoe claims that one day Chris Noth invited her to the pool.
She went to a meeting with a friend.
The three of them talked in the jacuzzi, after which Noth said that he needed to go to the apartment.
The actor left a book for Zoe and asked to bring it to him.
When the girl came to the artist, he allegedly kissed her, and then raped her.
Then she went to the apartment of a friend who lived in the same building.
“She immediately went to the ladies' room.
When she came out of there, she was very detached, behaved somewhat coldly.
She is a very outgoing, kind and friendly person.
This change of character in her seemed very strange, ”said a friend.
According to Zoya, after this incident, she needed medical attention - the girl was stitched.
In addition, she had psychological problems.
However, she did not go public with the story for fear of being fired.
In turn, Lily said that she met Chris Noth when she was working in a nightclub.
“He clung to me, that's for sure.
I was pleased.
I knew that he was married, and I am ashamed to admit it, ”the girl says.
According to her, the actor invited her to dinner.
They met at a restaurant, but at that time the kitchen was already closed.
They drank wine and socialized.
Later, Noth called Lily to his place.
The girl agreed.
“We listened to music and he has a lot of books on art and fashion.
He tried to kiss me.
I gave in carefully.
He was older than me and looked older.
He kept rolling and rolling, and I had to say no harder and leave.
And the next moment he was already standing in front of me, his pants down, ”recalls Lily.
She claims that Chris Noth then raped her.
They did not see each other again, but they corresponded for some time.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, one of the messages from Noth said, “By the way, I have to ask if you enjoyed the night we spent together last week.
I had fun, but I'm not sure how you feel. "
“Hmm… I definitely had a nice time with you.
We had a great conversation.
I will not go into details in SMS, but I feel a little as if I was being used, ”Lily replied.
In further correspondence, Noth suggested that she meet again, to which the girl reacted in a friendly but evasive manner.
At some point, she agreed to dinner, but canceled the meeting.
Chris Noth himself, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, denied the accusations and stressed that he always met with girls only by mutual agreement.
“The accusations against me made by people whom I met many years, even decades ago, are categorically false.
Such stories could be about events even thirty years old, even thirty days ago - no always means no - I did not cross this line.
All dates were by mutual agreement.
It is difficult not to question the time when these stories originated.
I don’t know exactly why they surfaced right now, but I know this: I didn’t rape these women, ”says the artist.
The Los Angeles police said that Zoe contacted the department, but did not leave an official statement with accusations against Chris Noth, so an investigation is currently not underway.
A lawyer hired by the artist confirmed that no one contacted Nott on this issue.
“Nobody from any law enforcement agencies contacted Chris or his representatives.
Obviously, if someone contacts him, we will cooperate in full, "- quotes the lawyer Deadline.
© Shot from the series "And just like that"
Following the allegations, exercise equipment maker Peloton has removed Chris Noth's ads from YouTube.
In addition, the company got rid of references and links to the video in its social media accounts.
“Every allegation of sexual assault must be taken seriously.
We weren't aware of these accusations when we cast Chris Noth in our response to the HBO relaunch.
While we are trying to get more information, we have stopped advertising this video and archived related posts on social media, ”- a spokesman for Peloton told Deadline.
This is not the first time that provocative news has influenced the professional activities of artists.
For example, Sony got rid of the PlayStation 5 promo video featuring rapper Travis Scott.
This happened after ten people were killed in a stampede at the Astroworld musician festival in November 2021.
In addition, a section of the internal store was removed from the video game Fortnite, where it was possible to buy a dance emote with a fragment of one of Travis Scott's tracks.
The artist himself said that during the performance he did not know about the tragedy taking place in the crowd.
In early 2021, the record company Loma Vista stopped promoting a new album by rock singer Marilyn Manson due to allegations of psychological and physical abuse. Among those who voiced their claims was actress Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld, Mildred Pierce). As a result, the Manson episode was removed from the horror anthology Kaleidoscope of Horror and the American Gods series.
At the end of 2020, American Netflix users began to complain that films with Johnny Depp had disappeared from the platform.
In addition, Warner Bros.
asked the artist to abandon the role of the wizard Grindelwald in future Fantastic Beasts films.
This happened after Depp lost a court case against the British tabloid The Sun.
The actor accused the newspaper of libel for material in which journalists wrote about the violence against Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard.
In 2018, Vanity Fair removed actor James Franco from the cover photo.
The reason was accusations of sexual harassment, which were reported by five women.
Because of the incident, Franco was refused an Oscar nomination.
The actor himself denies everything.
He is also a supporter of the Time's Up anti-harassment movement.