Fourth woman accuses Chris Noth of sexual assault

A fourth woman has come forward to accuse Chris Noth of sexual assault, alleging he threatened to ruin her career if she spoke out.

A fourth woman has accused actor Chris Noth of sexual assault. Picture: Jason Merritt / Getty Images North America / AFP.

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A fourth woman has come forward to accuse actor Chris Noth of sexual assault on Thursday after the Sex and the City actor was hit with rape allegations.

Singer Lisa Gentile identified herself as another Noth accuser in a press conference as she gave details on her allegations against him, The US Sun reports.

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Lisa Gentile came forward to accuse Chris Noth of assault on Thursday. Picture: Zoom

Noth told People Magazine no comment when asked about the new claims.

Gentile claims that she first met Noth at Don Marino restaurant in New York City in 1998.

One night in 2002 after allegedly spending the evening together with friends and family at the restaurant, Gentile claims that Noth offered to drive her home as he wished to see where she lived.

She claims that he then asked to come inside.

Once they reached the kitchen, Gentile claims that Noth started kissing her and forcibly pressing against her.

She alleges that he aggressively put his hands on her breasts at which point she says she began crying.

Noth allegedly continued and put his hands under her shirt, grabbing her breasts harder.

She claims that as she tried to pull her hands away, Noth tried to drag them down toward his penis.

Gentile continued to claim that she eventually managed to escape Noth’s grasp and he became “extremely angry”, allegedly calling her a “tease” and a “b***h.”

Noth allegedly called Gentile the day after the claimed assault and threatened to blacklist her and ruin her career if she told anyone.

The singer claimed that she was the fifth woman to come forward but it is unclear who the fourth accuser before her is.

Her attorney Gloria Allred did not clarify the numbers when questioned during the press briefing but did say they she had been in contact with other accusers.

During the press conference, the accuser and Allred called for action from the Sex and the City cast in passing the Adult Survivors Act as the statue of limitations on Gentile’s claims has already passed.

She said that she was calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to act, stating that survivors of assault should be “allowed their day in court.”

They also urged Noth himself to speak out in support of the Survivors Act.

The three main stars of the show - Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis - spoke out in support of Noth’s accusers this week.

Two women have accused Noth, 67, of raping them in incidents over a decade apart, with one woman claiming the actor laughed when she asked about a condom.

They spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about their alleged experience with the Sex and the City star.

The actor vehemently denied the allegations, one of which relates to a reported incident more than a decade ago.

The women - who do not know each other - said promotions of HBO Max’s Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That stirred painful memories of the incidents they claim occurred in Los Angeles in 2004 and New York in 2015.

A fourth Chris Noth accuser has come forward. Picture: Jason Merritt / Getty Images North America / AFP.

One of the women, a 40-year-old using the pseudonym Zoe, contacted the outlet in October and said that “seeing that he [Noth] was reprising his role in Sex and the City set off something in me.”

She claims that while visiting Noth in his Los Angeles apartment in 2004, he raped her leaving her clothes covered in blood.

Zoe said for years she “buried” the alleged experience but decided it was time “to try to go public with who he is.”

She told THR that her friend lived in the same building as Noth and that he gave her a book to look through while they were both in the jacuzzi.

Zoe claims that when she went into the apartment to return the book, Noth kissed her as she stepped through the door.

She tentatively kissed back, but then said: “Thank you, I’m going back to my friend.”

Zoe said the kiss didn’t alarm her, as she thought a kiss from the man who played Mr Big would be a fun story to tell her friends.

However, she claims he then pulled her toward him, moved her toward the bed, pulled off her shorts and bikini bottom, and began to rape her from behind.

She allegedly faced a mirror and remembered: “It was very painful and I yelled out, ‘Stop! And he didn’t. I said, ‘Can you at least get a condom?’ and he laughed at me.”

‘I had stitches’

When it was over, she said, “I realised there was blood on my shirt. I got out of there. I went to my friend’s apartment [in the same building].

“I walked right in and went to the bathroom and tried to get the blood out of my shirt. They wanted to know what happened. I said, ‘I just want to go home.’”

Zoe claims she went to Cedars-Sinai, where she told staff she was sexually assaulted.

“I had stitches. Two police officers came. I wouldn’t say who it was,” Zoe said, fearing that she would not be believed and felt she would be fired if she accused him publicly or even at her workplace.

A second woman, identified only under the pseudonym Lily, claims Noth sexually assaulted her in his Manhattan apartment in 2015.

After a few drinks at a restaurant, the pair went back to the actor’s apartment, where Lily alleges Noth repeatedly tried to make out with her.

“The next thing I knew, he pulled down his pants and he was standing in front of me,” as the actor allegedly forced his penis into her mouth.

“The next thing she knew, He was having sex with me from the back in a chair. We were in front of a mirror. I was kind of crying as it happened.”

When it was over, she said: “I went to the bathroom and put on my skirt. I was feeling awful. Totally violated. All of my dreams with this star I loved for years were gone.”

The Sex and the City star pictured in the show with Sarah Jessica Parker. Picture: RCF/MEGA/GC Images.

‘Baffled and blindsided’

The Sex and the City actor responded to the original claims in a statement to THR: “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.

“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,” Noth added.

A source revealed to The US Sun that Noth was “completely baffled and blindsided” by the allegation depicted in the report.

“Chris only knew the story was coming out a few days ago. He is completely baffled and blindsided. He’s absolutely appalled by these allegations, and very confused as to why they are surfacing now, so close to the reboot.

“There have been numerous opportunities when the movies came out, so he cannot get his head around the situation,” the source added.

Third accuser

Last Friday, a third accuser came forward claiming that she was sexually assaulted by Noth while working as a hostess and lounge singer at New York City restaurant, Da Marino, in 2010.

At the time of the alleged assault, she was 18 and Chris was 55.

She alleged to the outlet that the actor would “always” come into Da Marino “intoxicated.”

“I cannot remember in detail how many times we spoke, but with great familiarity, one night he told my boss I would sing with him even though I hadn’t filled the restaurant yet,” she claimed.

She claimed he repeatedly pulled her onto his lap while groping her and “pressing me onto his erection” while telling her he “loves Canadian women.”

Noth has denied all the allegations. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images North America / AFP.

‘Complete fabrication’

Meanwhile, a rep for Chris “denies this as ever happening and has no idea who this woman is.”

“The story is a complete fabrication, and the alleged accounts detailed throughout read like a piece of bad fiction.

“Chris has no knowledge of who this individual is and, as stated yesterday, has and would never cross that line,” a spokesperson for Chris told The Sun.

In addition to being accused of assault, actress Zoe Lister-Jones alleged the TV star was guilty of sexual misconduct when they previously worked together.

On Monday, Sarah Jessica Parker and her co-stars responded to the sexual assault allegations.

In the statement shared by Kristin Davis on Twitter, she wrote: “We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth.

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

Kristin, 56, then attributed the message to Sarah, 56, and Cynthia Nixon, 55.

Both Sarah and Cynthia shared the same post on their Instagram Stories.

This article originally appeared in The US Sun and is republished here with permission