And just like that… CBS and Universal fire Chris Noth from The Equalizer
Four women have accused Sex And The City star Chris Noth of sexual assault
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Amid the sexual assault allegations by several women against actor Chris Noth, CBS announced earlier today that Noth would no longer appear on the action series The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah. The actor played William Bishop on the first two seasons of the show.
“Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes of The Equalizer, effective immediately,” Universal Television and CBS said in a statement.
Per Deadline, Noth will appear in at least one more unaired episode of the series. The show, which already ran the first seven episodes of its second season, is currently on hiatus.
Last Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter published allegations made by two women, detailing two separate instances of rape. One woman says Noth raped her in 2004, leaving her in need of medical attention. The second incident occurred in 2015. The following day, in an Instagram post, actor Zoe Lister-Jones accused the actor of being “sexually inappropriate” with one of her old co-workers while they worked together in a club Noth owned.
Over the weekend, The Daily Beast reported the story of a fourth woman who says Noth sexually assaulted her in 2010 while she was working as a hostess and lounge singer at a Manhattan restaurant. The accuser said following the assault that her “limbs hurt in the morning.”
Noth has denied the allegations, saying he “did not assault these women.” He continued: “The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false.”
The swift fallout from the sexual assault allegations against Roth began shortly after his character Mr. Big died via Peloton on the Sex And The City revival And Just Like That…. His death resulted in some pre-planned viral P.R. nonsense starring Noth and, who else, Ryan Reynolds. However, Peloton pulled the ad shortly after the allegations came to light, while his agency, A3 Artists Agency, waited a few days longer to drop Noth from its roster.
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And just like that… I chuckled at the headline.Also, it’s spelled Queen Latifah. Without the ‘h’, it looks like Queen Antifa.
Now I miss our old comrade Queef Latina.
Queef Latina … now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.*drags on cigarette, coughs up lungs, dies*
[FARTS]
[¡VARTS!]
I’d been tossing up making an “And just like that…” joke in some of the article comments previously, but wasn’t sure if that would be too flip.
I hadn’t heard a fourth allegation involving this alleged rapist asshole. Counting Zoe Lister-Jones terrible experience where he sniffed her neck as “sexual assault” isn’t accurate given the definition of the term most people have. She does mention he was very inappropriate with a colleague at the club they used to work in, but we don’t know how yet, I think. You guys might want to change the subhead.
The fourth was from a woman who worked at a restaurant in New York; she had been a singing hostess, she thought her boss was calling her to the back to fix her pay sheet or get her tips, and Noth attacked her there.https://www.thedailybeast.com/third-woman-comes-forward-to-accuse-sex-and-the-city-star-chris-noth-of-sexual-assault
alleged rapist asshole?! Until it’s no longer alleged, but proven,, you can’t really call him a rapist asshole
I mean, we can if we want. We’re not journalists or anything. Is it 100% accurate? Not necessarily. But if you believe Noth is a rapist and you’re not talking in any official capacity, you can do as you please.
I’m not sure you understand what the word “alleged” means.
You seem like an asshole, and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if you’re also a rapist.
They mean “alleged rapist asshole”, not “alleged rapist asshole”
This is the attention to detail that we need in a VolunteerProofreader.
Yes, we can call him anything we want, like how you’re a rape apologist.See?
Kind of like how we don’t have to add “alleged” when calling you a cunt.
Seems we can. Also, he is.
Four women made allegations against him, by definition he is an alleged rapist.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/reports-resurface-of-sex-and-the-citys-chris-noth-brutalizing-ex-girlfriend-beverly-johnson-in-1995
If any good has come from this is that it means one less Peloton ad.
They’ll have French Ste art up and panting in a few hours.
“Stewart”, ugh
all for woman’s rights, but this stuff is definitely becoming a witch hunt.
So within a week of 3 woman accusing this guy, from something that might’ve or might not have happened years ago, he gets immediately fired from a tv show. This is getting outrageous. That was the same as Spacey immediately getting fired from house of cards. I’m not saying either are innocent or guilty, that’s the point. But this is a public lynching. No investigation, no trial. So because social media puts social media pressure on networks they succumb and let the person go, without knowing whether guilty or innocent
lol get fucked
If he’s innocent, he can (and should) sue the women for defamation, since all the work he’s losing is proof of damages.
But why would four women who don’t know each other randomly accuse someone of similar assaults? That’s never happened to me or anyone I know.
And in any case, a company doesn’t need the results of a trial to decide that someone is hurting their show or is bad for their tequila brand or their overpriced stationary bike. I suspect all three have clauses in the contract that cover things like “don’t get credibly accused by multiple people of sexual assault.” If you think the law should compel corporations to cast people on television shows against their will, I’d really like to be in a Star Wars or MCU show, please.
Yeah people try to claim that shit with Vic Mignogna when you have a bunch of unrelated people with literally nothing to gain from making these accusations and, in one case, nothing to do with the anime industry.
Free market, bud. Guilty or not, he’s bad press for them and thus affects their bottom line. At the end of the day it’s about money.
“cancel culture is real,” ok yeah Mel Gibson is in movies again. Don’t bother pretending you give a shit about “woman’s rights” next time.
Wait, so this isn’t the guy who went to the Capitol riot? That’s a whole other guy? I’m losing my mind over here
A few years ago, the WWE fired wrestler Enzo Amore after they found out that he was briefly questioned about a rape and cleared a few months before. They said he should have told them he was questioned. After his firing, the police put out a press release saying he was cleared of everything. I dug into the allegations and the whole story and it was a wild ride through bullshit valley. The girl lied about it because she was a drug addict and didn’t return to her sober house one night. So that her father wouldn’t be mad at her, she told him she was raped. Her friends made youtube videos showing all of the texts she sent them that night, bragging that she just fucked him and sent them selfies of herself in the bed with him, while he was sleeping.
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Nothing to do with this story, but go off.
If he’s innocent and it’s proven that four separate women independently came forward to accuse him of sexual assault falsely, he will have lost some work that he can almost certainly recoup once his image is rehabilitated.If he is guilty and the networks/agencies employing him do nothing, then a dangerous sexual predator is being exposed to many people in significantly lesser positions of power who will feel that there’s no point in speaking up because nothing happened after the last four allegations.I know which outcome I’m more concerned about.
Yep. Remember CBS has been credibly accused of protecting power and influence over protecting employees from sexual assault (Les Moonves, Brad Kern etc.).CBS has a responsibility to protect other employees who may come into contact with Noth at their place of employment. That is, those working on the show directly and those that may come into contact with him indirectly. One would also hope an understanding of the power differentials that often come into play those encounters is also present.Four allegations is more than enough to make that call.
So…sticking with Kevin Spacey as your go-to example of someone who was wrongfully fired, then?Word to the wise: if you find yourself typing the words “I’m all for women’s rights but…” just stop. Nothing good can possibly follow that “but.”
I’m all for women’s rights, but not at the expense of their lefts. A proper one-two combo requires an effective jab. Don’t disregard the fundamentals, ladies!
And never underestimate the power of a swift kick in the knackers!
if you find yourself typing the words “I’m all for women’s rights
but…” just stop. Nothing good can possibly follow that “but.”
“I’m all for woman’s rights, but honey those bangs are trash.”
“I’m all for womens’ rights but since abusive men aren’t necessarily a womens’ rights issue, I just wanted to mention that I’m not only in this for the misandry before we really get to it.”
Any comment starting “I’m all for women’s rights…” has never ended well in the history of comments
Say what you want to say (not trying to quash your free speech, man), but “witch hunt” – when women were killed . . . . for being women – and “lynching” – when black people were killed . . . for being black – aren’t the best terms to describe a situation like this. He’s lost his acting job – which better people have done for less – but if Mel Gibson or Louis CK are any indication, he’ll have another one soon. He’s certainly not burning or hanging to death in the public square while his killers point and laugh (and yes, I know what metaphors are, these just aren’t good ones. YMMV).
I agree with you that lynching has become a term that specifically refers to racially motivated mob justice, but “witch hunt” has a long history of referring to a particular kind of behavior during all sorts of moral panics. I would argue that it’s a bad term for what actually triggered the movement, but it’s a perfectly fine term for the zeal with which we, the uninvolved public, read and spread stories like the one about Aziz Ansari.
Lol fuck Aziz
Yeah, I know we’ve kind of doubled down on the Aziz thing. I think it did open up discussion about a broader range of male shittiness, but I really think the only line that can be reasonably drawn, given the variety of human experience, is violating consent.
I mean preferably the bar is not so low that men can just not give a shit about women’s security and autonomy
Actors have been fired for much, much less. It’s a fickle business in which you live and die with public opinion. Noth is toxic and everyone is cutting ties and distancing themselves as quickly a possible. I seriously doubt he can get a cup of coffee in LA right now.https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/cd3feb8a-c98b-4dc5-8560-2d44e7f8f23d
“I’m all for women’s rights as long as they keep their whote mouths shut”Surely you’re better than this.
I don’t think you’re putting the best form of the argument forth here, but a lot of it’s because you’re using terms and anecdotes that will definitely cause most readers to take your point badly. I get that you’re using the term “women’s rights” in a general sense, but you’re literally talking about the right for a woman to not get sexually harassed or assaulted. On the other hand, I’m generally wary of witch hunts (another inflammatory term you used, but it is a valid concern, if not the only concern), and I’m always shocked at the evident glee people on the left demonstrate when they get to say “free market, pal” to people who would probably foolishly argue it themselves in every other sense.
I’m always shocked at the evident glee people on the left demonstrate when they get to say “free market, pal” to people who would probably foolishly argue it themselves in every other sense.Shocked, I say! Would a simple “you asked for it” or “you made your bed, you’ve gotta lie in it” work better for you?
Shut the fuck up you fucking loser.
Celebrities live and die by audience appeal. Being accused of awful behavior and sex crimes tends to put a damper on audience appeal. Do you think we should force media to feature people nobody wants to see in the name of due process?
You’re assuming no one knew who he was or what he was doing and just looked the other way until it went public. Given the stories that’ve come out, it doesn’t sound like he was the most secretive about being a creep.
We don’t know anything about him, but word gets around about creepy behaviour in any industry. When something like this happens, it’s usually not the first time employers have heard about it. It’s just the first time they felt compelled to act.
Using the word “lynching” to describe any of this is just straight-up ahistorical hate speech. Fuck you.
The problem with historical witch hunts was that witches aren’t real. But rapists are real.
Go make like your Peep Show namesake
You could’ve just posted a fart noise instead of typing all that out
“I’m all for women’s rights, evens thoughs I thinks they belongs in dee kitchen”. How many people have to come forward before you say, “hey, maybe this isn’t just a concerted effort by random women to take down Chris Noth, like 2 days after his beloved character is killed off and sympathy for him is the highest it will ever be. Effectively the worst time to try and convince people he’s actually awful.”
I just wanted to second the ‘get fucked’ comment.Also, you are not “all for woman’s (sic) rights”.
“all for woman’s rights, but”
Noth had accusations and actual incidents that came to public attention going back years. I think people assume that because they are hearing of these accusations for the first time that the studios and networks haven’t heard about problems for a long time. I worked with Kiefer Sutherland on a number of projects and witnessed live in person that the man is a raging alcoholic who had to have a monitor watch him every day to keep him from going too far into a drunken bender. The cast, crew, production company and network all knew. My impression was also that he seemed likable and did his job. But behavior like this — and far worse— happened all the time. So, by the time a studio or network is moved to act their is often a lot more that has gone on out of sight of the public, and said studio or networks aren’t under any obligation to explain how they came to their conclusions. They also have investigators and lawyers who can inform them and advise them as to the business risk (i.e. allegations being accurate) and that is what they really care about.
It must have occurred to you that when some of these guys immediately get fired, dropped by their representation etc. after accusations it’s not necessarily a knee-jerk “witch hunt” response but likely based on behind-the-scenes info that we are not privy to. In other words, they already knew and were looking the other way.
Gerard, I appreciate your concern for a fair trial but let’s put this out there very clearly:These women, who have refused to even be named, have nothing to gain from speaking out. No publicity or fame. A rape in a room is incredibly difficult to prove, especially if it isn’t followed by an immediate physical examination. Everyone knows that. So it becomes a he vs she equation even at the very best case. Unless someone saw it happen, after 72 HOURS sexual assault hard to “prove”, let alone years. The first victim here, even mentioned the hospital she went to , but they claimed they “don’t keep records from 20 years ago”. ( The fuck?) But they have nothing to gain, no.The reason why when one woman speaks up, suddenly so many do, is because of basic human nature. Accusing a biggie like Noth on a public forum means taking on immense backlash and “you’re a lying whore” ( but in prettier words) kinda talk. So women are afraid – but the moment people see ONE other person, their courage increases, and so.. the domino effect. It happens for ANY big person oppressor- little people oppressed situation ( not just this).So, it stands to reason that CN stands fairly guilty of if not “rape” , then at least rather sketchy sexual predatory behaviour. If you have gone into the deets, his cases follow a pattern. And hence, apart from the “bad image” thing others pointed out already, THIS is why, he deserves not to be on the shows. Even if he is not guilty of rape, even this sort of thing – has no place on the silver screen.
The actor making the accusations isn’t from Sex and the City, she’s from Law & Order. C’mon AV Club, be best.
Given the AV Club’s fact checking standards we’re just lucky he managed to spell her name correctly.
They managed to misspell Noth as “Roth” at least once, so there’s that.
They need a volunteer fact-checker
“Be best”? They haven’t figured out time travel, mate.
Just trying to keep Melania’s dream alive.
Things are moving very quickly in this instance, which makes me wonder if there are more accusations to come that CBS and Universal may have heard about and want to get ahead of. Or, and this would be nice, four accusations is plenty as far as they’re concerned.
That, and CBS is drowning in these types of stories about people who work on their shows.
My bet is that CBS/Universal’s HR department has a file on Noth from his work on Equalizer.
There have been lots of rumors over the years that his on-set behavior is terrible. Zoe Lister-Jones up there depicts him openly drinking on set and harassing women, and given all the other industry gossip about him, I’d bet that’s hardly an isolated incident. But they put up with it because SATC made him a big enough name to be worth the hassle.Now two things are true. First, if you’re a pain in the ass on set and the only thing you’ve got going for you is your name draw (and not a work ethic, any particular talent or good looks, etc) then your career is going to be over the second your name takes a hit. He doesn’t have anything else to fall back on. And second, everyone who’s worked with him is willing to cut ties quickly because they find these new allegations very believable, based on their previous interactions with him.
Good point. I have no doubt CBS, Universal, the A3 Artists Agency, and Peloton all had investigators discreetly check into this. This isn’t a case where he dropped trou for a laugh (see John Barrowman). Noth is accused of at least four rapes.In addition to the PR issues, the studios have to think about legal liability if they keep an accused serial rapist on the payroll and another employee comes forward claiming he did something inappropriate on the job.While I’ve always felt that someone’s private life shouldn’t be a factor in their employment, there are limits. Criminal behavior pretty much negates any chance at getting benefit of doubt. I also don’t think Noth has a case for wrongful termination with four different rape accusations hanging over his head.
I also think Noth’s current affiliations are supposed to be centered around some kind of variation on empowered women. You NEED to distance from the sexual predator if that is your brand.
Indeed.
Since it’s CBS will anyone really notice. I just assume most CBS shows are back ground noise for old people who want to take naps.
In other news we’ve learned Chris Noth was on The Equalizer.
So I guess Latifah’s had it up to here with Noth? Give it to him, Queen!
Kudos to CBS if they include this:
Hire Andy Garcia, much better actor imo and fits the profile CBS was probably looking for — handsome in a comfortably masculine way, middle aged, white(ish). If I got to watch the Equalizer on holidays because its one of those shows the whole family can sit through, might as well be with a supporting cast that is bearable and talented. Your welcome, Mr. Garcia.