Chris Noth Admits He ‘Strayed’ On His Wife, But Denies Sexual Assault Allegations That Led to ‘Equalizer’ Firing

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Accusations of sexual assault against Chris Noth, 68, came to airy successful Dec. 2021, however, the Sex and The City alum is continuing to contradict them. During an Aug. 7 interrogation with USA Today, the histrion claimed that his lone indiscretion was stepping retired of his marriage. “I strayed connected my woman [Tara Wilson], and it’s devastating to her and not a precise beauteous picture,” helium told the outlet. “What it isn’t is simply a crime.” Tara and the 68-year-old person been married since 2012 and stock 2 sons Orion Christopher (b. 2008) and Keats (b. 2020).

Chris Noth & Tara Wilson person been joined since 2012. (Gregory Pace/Shutterstock)

The intersexual assault allegations surfaced connected the heels of the And Just Like That premiere of 2021. Since then, though nary transgression charges person been filed, Chris has been “shunned” by the amusement industry, per the supra outlet. He reportedly mislaid a $12 cardinal woody connected his tequila brand, was fired from The Equalizer, chopped from an advertisement with Peloton, and removed from the And Just Like That season finale. As galore know, his quality Mr. Big (John Preston), was killed off successful play 1 of the Max series.

During the archetypal interrogation since the allegations broke, Chris told the outlet that, his biggest mistake was cheating connected his wife. “You springiness yourself the aforesaid excuses that galore men do; it’s conscionable a small broadside dance, and it’s fun,” helium said. “You’re not hurting anybody. No one’s going to cognize astir this, you know, and enactment is conscionable enjoyable. And suddenly, a batch of radical privation to person enactment with you. It’s like, ‘Well, I’m not going to get this accidental again.'”

The father-of-two seemingly noted that civilian lawsuits could perchance beryllium pursued by the alleged victims successful the future. “That’s a wealth bid for a batch of people,” Chris told USA Today. He besides went connected to reiterate that determination person been nary transgression charges filed against him. “There’s thing I tin accidental to alteration anyone’s caput erstwhile you person that benignant of a tidal wave,” the longtime Hollywood heartthrob shared. “It sounds defensive. I’m not. There’s nary transgression court. There’s nary transgression trial. There’s thing for maine to get connected the basal astir and get my communicative out, get witnesses.”

More so, Chris shared that determination person been many rumors online astir him since the allegations came to light. “And there’s adjacent much absurd add-ons that are wholly ridiculous, that person perfectly nary ground successful fact,” helium said. “And I don’t similar talking astir it due to the fact that arsenic soon arsenic I do, you’ll get the Daily Mail oregon idiosyncratic grabbing a portion of it and doing it, and I don’t privation my kids seeing that.” Now, Chris is directing and acting in, Rhinoceros, a theatre accumulation taking spot successful Massachusetts.

Chris Noth & Tara Wilson stock 2 sons. (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

The Perfect Man prima concluded the interrogation with expressing that contempt the allegations, helium volition determination guardant with his originative career. “I’m not going to laic down and conscionable accidental it’s over. It’s a salacious story, but it’s conscionable not a existent one. And I can’t conscionable accidental ‘Well, OK, that’s it for me’ due to the fact that of that. I’m an actor. I person different things that I privation to bash creatively. And I person children to support,” Chris said. “I can’t conscionable remainder connected my laurels. So yeah, I person capable to fto a twelvemonth drift, but I don’t cognize however to gauge oregon justice getting backmost into the club, the business, due to the fact that corporations are frightened.”

He continued, “People are acrophobic of each this. Fear is the overriding operative connection erstwhile it comes to whether they judge it oregon not. … I person to conscionable proceed on. It’s rough, due to the fact that radical are scared, and their fearfulness leads them. And I person to conscionable persevere due to the fact that I inactive person a originative life.”

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