NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Zoe Lister-Jones on Thursday detailed her own account of sexual misconduct against “Sex and the City” star Chris Noth, hours after two other women outlined claims against him in The Hollywood Reporter.
The "Life in Pieces" and "New Girl" actress took to Instagram and claimed Noth had been sexually inappropriate with her several decades ago.
“Last week my friend asked me how I felt about Mr. Big's death on ‘And Just Like That...,’ and I said, ‘honestly, I felt relieved,’” she wrote, referring to the death of Noth's character on HBO Max's revival, "And Just Like That..."
“He asked why and I told him it was because I couldn't separate the actor from the man, and the man is a sexual predator,” she continued.
Lister-Jones, 39, explained she first encountered Noth while working at his New York City club, The Cutting Room, on East 32nd Street, when she was in her 20s, and said he was sometimes “sexually inappropriate with a fellow female promoter.”
“That same year I was a guest star on ‘Law and Order’ and it was his first episode returning as a detective after ‘SATC,’” she added. “He was drunk on set.”
Lister-Jones claimed Noth had “a 22 oz. can of beer” that he was drinking during filming and eventually “got close to me, sniffed my neck, and whispered, ‘You smell good.’”
She said, at the time, she did not say anything, nor did the female promoter at the club.
On Thursday morning, The Hollywood Reporter published a report in which two women, identified as 40-year-old "Zoe" and 31-year-old "Lily" (not their real names), accused Noth of separate instances of sexual assault.
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"Zoe" alleged she met Noth in Los Angeles in 2004 and said the then 22-year-old would “flirt” with her and leave her voice messages on her work phone.
She went on to say he lent her a book and when she went to his apartment to return it, he kissed her as she stepped through the door and forcibly removed her shorts and bikini bottom. She alleged he then raped her as she repeatedly told him to stop.
"Lily" detailed a similar incident, saying she went back to his New York City apartment after meeting him at a nightclub where she worked in 2015.
She claimed the two began to kiss and at some point, he forcefully "pulled down his pants" and "thrust his penis" into her mouth before having sex with her.
Noth told The Hollywood Reporter that the sexual assault allegations against him are "categorically false" and claimed the encounters were consensual.
"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. The encounters were consensual," Noth said.
“It’s difficult not to question the timing of these stories coming out,” he added. “I don’t know for certain why they are surfacing now, but I do know this: I did not assault these women.”
Acknowledging the claims detailed by The Hollywood Reporter, Lister-Jones wrote on Instagram, “My experiences are small in comparison to the accounts of assault that have so bravely been shared today but navigating predation at any level is a burden all women have to bear.”
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