“Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes ofThe Equalizer, effective immediately,” Universal Television and CBS said in a joint statement on Monday.
Noth will be seen in one upcoming episode that has already been filmed, as well as future repeats of episodes that have already aired.
A rep for Noth did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Noth has denied the allegations, claiming that the past encounters “were consensual.”
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The Equalizer— which is the second reboot in the franchise after theDenzel Washington-led film series — is currently airing episodes from its second season. CBS has yet to renew the show for season 3.
Chris Noth in The Equalizer.Barbara Nitke/CBS via Getty
News of Noth’s CBS role comes after two women accused him of sexually assaulting them, both sharing similar accounts toThe Hollywood Reporter. According to one woman, who spoke under the pseudonym Zoe, the actor allegedly raped her in a Los Angeles apartment in 2004. She claimed they met at a high-profile firm in L.A. with ties to celebrities like Noth.
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“I realized there was blood on my shirt. I got out of there. I went to my friend’s apartment [in the same building],” Zoe, who was 22 at the time, recalled. “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.'”
Another woman, using the pseudonym Lily, claimed Noth invited her to his New York City apartment in 2015 after they had dinner and drinks. Lily, who was 25 at the time, said she metThe Good Wifealum while working as a server at a local nightclub.
Chris Noth.Michael Loccisano/WireImage
“He said marriage is a sham. Monogamy is not real,” she said, adding that Noth — who is married toTara Wilson— began to sexually assault her. “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. I went to the bathroom [after] 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 actor denied the woman’s account in a statement. “The story is a complete fabrication, and the alleged accounts detailed throughout read like a piece of bad fiction,” a rep for Noth said. “As Chris stated yesterday, he has and would never cross that line.”
“Every single sexual assault accusation must be taken seriously,” a spokesperson for Pelton said in a statement, perCNBC. “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.”
As news of the allegations surfaced, Noth and his talent agency parted ways. Last Friday, PEOPLE confirmed that A3 Artists Agency dropped him.
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source: people.com
