'Deeply saddened': SJP, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis break silence on Chris Noth allegations

Hours after Chris Noth was fired from CBS' "The Equalizer," Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis broke their silence on the sexual misconduct allegations recently levied against their former "Sex and the City" co-star.

In a joint statement posted to their social media accounts Monday, the actresses wrote that they are "deeply saddened" about the allegations.

"We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences," they continued. "We know it must be a very difficult thing for them to do and we commend them for it."

On Thursday, their names came up again when a fourth woman accused Noth of sexual assault. Lisa Gentile, 54, a singer/songwriter, said she met Noth at a Manhattan restaurant, Da Marino's, in 2002 and they became acquaintances.

At a press conference with her lawyer, Gloria Allred, Gentile said Noth gave her a ride home one night and attacked her in her kitchen, kissing and groping her breasts. When she yelled at him and forced him to stop, "he became extremely angry and started screaming, calling me a 'tease' and a 'bitch,' and stormed out of my apartment."

She said he called her the next day. "He warned me that if I ever told a soul about what 

happened, he would ruin my career and I would never sing again and that he 

would blacklist me in the business." 

She said she told her roommate and her parents what happened to her. Gentile and Allred said the statute of limitations in New York means Noth can't be prosecuted criminally and Gentile can't bring a civil suit against him.  

They called on Parker, Nixon and Davis to lobby New York lawmakers to pass a new law that would create a one-year "lookback window" for adult accusers of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attackers. 

"I am speaking out now in support of the other (accusers) who have courageously come forward before me," Gentile said. "I feel that we should have our day in court to seek to hold Mr. Noth accountable for what he did."

On Thursday, Heather Kristin, a former stand-in for "Sex and the City" star Kristin Davis, shared her own experiences with Noth. In February, Kristin published an essay for The Independent originally titled "I was Charlotte's stand-in on 'Sexy and the City.' Some of the behavior I saw still shocks me," where she wrote about an "alpha male actor" who made an offensive comment about another stand-in actor. 

In the updated essay published Dec. 23, Kristin calls out Noth by name, writing that when his character Mr. Big died in the first episode of the "SATC" reboot, she "felt relief." 

"I’m sure the three women who have come forward in the last week with allegations of sexual assault against Noth felt the same," she wrote. "…I remember his toxic behavior all too vividly." 

She writes that Noth "slid his hand down my back and over my butt." To which, Noth responded, "That's your spot, sweetie." 

In regards to Noth's inappropriate comment about a fellow stand-in, Kristin writes Noth said: "I want that one tied up, gagged and brought to my trailer." At the time, she writes, she stood up to Noth and he responded: "Woah, there, little lady!" as the crew laughed.

Noth, 67, has faced multiple career setbacks since he was accused of sexual assault this month by three other women in alleged incidents going back to the early 2000s. Noth has called the allegations "categorically false."

On Dec. 19, A3 Artists Agency confirmed to USA TODAY that Noth has been dropped as a client after signing with the talent agency in October.

On Dec. 20, Noth was fired from CBS crime drama the "The Equalizer," in which he played an old friend of Queen Latifah's character who runs a private security company after years as a CIA director. He will be seen early next month in one more episode that has already been filmed.

And in a statement shared with USA TODAY on Dec. 18,  Entertainment Arts Research CEO Bernard Rubin said his company would no longer purchase Noth's tequila brand Ambhar Tequila, which was previously under contract to be bought for $12 million. 

“At this point in time it doesn’t make sense for us to move forward with this deal in light of the claims, which must be taken with the utmost seriousness,” Rubin said. 

The accusations were published days after Noth's character, Mr. Big, died of a heart attack in the premiere episode of HBO Max's "Sex and the City" sequel, "And Just Like That..."

The latest accuser, a 30-year-old tech executive, said the alleged encounter happened in 2010, when she was working as a hostess and lounge singer at the Manhattan restaurant, Da Marino. She was 18 at the time and Noth was 55. 

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The account in the Daily Beast from Ava, who was granted a pseudonym, details an encounter with Noth in the back office of the restaurant as she prepared her late-night exit after work. Ava provided her story to the Daily Beast on Dec. 16 and said she wrote her account of the assault in October 2020. 

In a report published Dec. 16 in The Hollywood Reporter, two women named only by pseudonyms, Lily and Zoe, accused Noth of sexual assault in separate incidents from the early 2000s. 

"The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false," Noth said in a statement to USA TODAY following the THR report. "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. 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."

Zoe, who reached out to THR in October, told the outlet she met the actor in 2004 when she was 22 and working at a "high-profile firm where Noth and other celebrities regularly had business," THR reported. She said he flirted with her and eventually invited her to the pool of a West Hollywood building before asking her to come to his apartment, where she said he raped her. 

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Zoe said she went with a friend to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she told staff she had been assaulted but would not tell the police who had assaulted her out of fear of retribution and not being believed. 

Lily, whom THR said contacted the news outlet in August, said she met Noth in a New York City nightclub in 2005, when she was 25. She said he asked her to dinner before inviting her back to his apartment, where she "cautiously entertained" him kissing her but grew uncomfortable with his sexual advances and and was "kind of crying" as he had sex with her. Lily said she felt "totally violated" afterward and told a friend but refused to alert the police. 

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.

Noth dubbed the timing of the accusations questionable as the report was published a week after the premiere of the highly-anticipated "Sex and the City" reboot. "And Just Like That" shocked fans when it killed off Mr. Big with a post-Peloton ride heart attack that launched the actor back into the pop-cultural zeitgeist and landed him a quick-turn ad with the stationary bike company.

Peloton scrubbed the video ad from its social media platforms Thursday following the allegations.

Since originally taking on the role of Mr. Big, the hotshot executive who serves as Carrie's main love interest (and later, husband) throughout the series, Noth went on to roles in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "The Good Wife," and reprised his Mr. Big role in the 2008 and 2010 "SATC" movies.

One of Noth's roles post-SATC included a rapist in "White Girl," a 2016 crime drama directed by Elizabeth Wood. Noth told Esquire at the time he was initially reluctant to take on the role because it required him to go to "a pretty ugly place."

"There are a ton of predators out there, and the instinct to be a predator is firmly entrenched in the male psyche, I think," Noth said in response to women reaching out to Wood on the realism of the film's portrayal of sexual assault.

"I think that sex for males is the number one issue in their lives when they're young, and like I said about my character, there are those that will go to that place and those that won't," Noth added. "Maybe it's upbringing, maybe it's a sense of personal morality or whatever. ... My main point is I think that no one can really know anyone, and there's a lot of different things that can happen to a person under certain circumstances."

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Contributing: Hannah Yasharoff, Melissa Ruggieri, Pamela Avila