(23 Dec 2021) A FOURTH WOMAN ACCUSES ACTOR CHRIS NOTH OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
Another woman has accused actor Chris Noth of sexual assault, claiming he forcibly kissed and groped her in 2002.
Singer-songwriter Lisa Gentile, spoke out during a Zoom press conference Thursday (23DEC.2021) with attorney Gloria Allred.
The AP doesn’t name people who report sexual assault unless they agree to be publicly named. Gentile’s accusation follows those of other women_ two who accused Noth of sexual assault in a story first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Noth denied their allegations stating: “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,” Noth said in a statement to the Reporter.
Gentile said she met Noth in 1998 at Don Marino, a restaurant in New York City which they both frequented. She recalled that after leaving the restaurant one night in 2002 Noth offered her a ride home and asked if he could come up to her apartment. “I told him I had nothing to offer him to drink and he said that’s OK. He just wanted to see where I lived,” said Gentile.
Gentile alleges that soon after entering the apartment Noth “forcibly” pulled her against him. “I grabbed his hands with my hands and tried to stop him. I kept pushing his hands down while he was pushing mine up. I was trying to get him to stop,” she said.
“I finally managed to push him away and get out of his grasp. And yelled, ‘No, I don’t want this.’ He became extremely angry and started screaming and calling me a tease and a bitch. He stormed out of my apartment.”
Gentile said that Noth called her the next day and threatened to interfere with her music career.
“I was afraid to come forward because of Mr. Noth’s power and his threats to ruin my career,” Gentile said. “He warned me that if I ever told a soul about what happened the night before, that he would ruin my career, that I would never sing again, and that he would blacklist me in the business.”
She added that she was speaking publicly now to support the women who spoke out before her and “to ensure the rights of my nieces, my goddaughter and future victims of sexual harassment and assault.”
Allred noted that Noth’s ‘Sex and the City’ co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristen Davis, released a joint statement voicing their support for his accusers.
“We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences,” a statement signed by the three actors read. “We know that it must be a very difficult thing to do and we commend them for it.”
Allred said that she and Gentile appreciated their words of support for the previous accusers and then urged them to do more and support passage of the New York Adult Survivors Act.
“All we want for Christmas is access to justice and the passage of the Adult Survivors Act next year,” Allred said.
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