Chris Noth was accused of sexual abuse by a New York singer: NPR

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault.

Sex and the city Actor Chris Noth faces new sexual abuse charges. During a press conference with powerful lawyer Gloria Allred today, singer Lisa Gentile said she met Noth in 1998, when Gentile became a regular customer at Da Marino restaurant in New York City.

In 2002, Noth visited Gentile’s apartment and allegedly began raping her. Gentile said Noth began aggressively squeezing his breasts and pushing his hand toward his penis. When she yelled for him to stop, “he got really angry and started yelling at me ‘teaser’ and ‘asshole’,” she recounts.

NPR has reached out to a representative for Noth, who declined to respond to the filing.

Last week, The Hollywood Reporter published two separate accounts of women who accused Noth of sexually assaulting them. Noth denies the allegations The Hollywood Reporter, said, “It’s hard not to question the timing of these stories. I’m not sure why they’re emerging now, but I do know this: I didn’t assault these women. .”

After those accusations became public, actor and director Zoe Lister-Jones posted accounts of Noth’s conduct, Laws and orders set, on Instagram.

Then another woman entered The Daily Beast, accused Noth of sexually abusing her while she was a waitress at the restaurant Da Marino.

Earlier this week, Page six reported that Beverly Johnson, Noth’s girlfriend between 1990 and 1995, had filed an injunction against Law & Order star, after he threatened to kill her.

Of Noth Sex and the city co-stars Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis spoke out in support of women moving forward.

Also, Noth was dropped from his CBS show equalizer, and by him talent agency. Fitness company Peloton pulled an ad featuring Noth that it created after the company’s bike was introduced in the present. Sex and the city spin-off, And just like that.

Gentile said Noth called her after the incident and told her not to speak out about it. “He warned me that if I told a soul about what had happened, he would ruin my career and I would never sing again,” she said.

Because Gentile’s alleged abuse occurred in 2002, it has exceeded the statute of limitations in New York State. At the convention, Allred lobbied for the New York State Senate to pass the Adult Survivors Act. The bill would give adult victims of sexual violence a one-year period to look back to pursue legal action against their alleged attackers. A similar law goes into effect in 2019 gave adult victims of childhood sexual abuse time to file previous civil lawsuits outside the New York statute of limitations.

Allred said: “All we want for Christmas is access to justice and pass the Adult Survivors Act next year. “If and when it becomes law, those who have been victims in New York will have the right and opportunity to ultimately hold their victims accountable in a court of law.”