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ENTERTAINMENT

Chris Noth fired from ‘The Equalizer’ following sex assault allegations

By Samantha Ibrahim

December 20, 2021 | 6:54pm

More bad news for “Sex and the City” alum Chris Noth. 

The actor has been dropped from the CBS series “The Equalizer” following allegations he sexually assaulted several women.

Noth, 67, portrayed William Bishop on the drama, alongside star Queen Latifah.

The beleaguered actor’s publicist has not responded to The Post’s request for comment. 

“Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes of ‘The Equalizer,’ effective immediately,” Universal Television and CBS said in a statement.

The actor will still be seen in one upcoming episode of the series. The show is on hiatus and seven episodes of its second season have already aired, according to Deadline. 

Three women have since come forward with allegations that the “Sex and the City” star assaulted them.

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The actor was also dropped from his agency, A3 Artists. 

SPORTS

China fires back after WTA suspends tournaments over Peng Shuai’s safety

By Jenna Lemoncelli

December 2, 2021 | 5:38pm

China is not happy with the Women’s Tennis Association’s decision to suspend tournaments in the country amid concerns about Chinese player Peng Shuai’s safety.

“We are firmly opposed to acts politicizing sport,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, accusing the WTA of “seriously coercing Peng.” 

Last month, Peng took to social media to accuse former top Communist Party official Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault.

The post was deleted and Peng disappeared for nearly three weeks, which prompted Serena Williams and other figures to speak out. A full investigation followed into Peng’s allegations against Zhang.

Peng, who disappeared from public view on Nov. 2, reemerged in a video call with the  International Olympic Committee just over a week ago. 

WTA chairman Steve Simon announced Wednesday the “immediate suspension” of tournaments in China and Hong Kong. 

“In good conscience, I don’t see how I can ask our athletes to compete there when Peng Shuai is not allowed to communicate freely and has seemingly been pressured to contradict her allegation of sexual assault,” Simon said. 

Beijing is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in February.

The WTA has suspended its tournaments in China over concerns about Peng Shuai’s safety.

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China’s comments followed the IOC’s response to the WTA, saying it held a second video call with Peng, who “reconfirmed” she is safe.

“We share the same concern as many other people and organizations about the wellbeing and safety of Peng Shuai” the IOC said in a statement on Thursday. “This is why, just yesterday, an IOC team held another video call with her. We have offered her wide-ranging support, will stay in regular touch with her, and have already agreed on a personal meeting in January. There are different ways to achieve her wellbeing and safety. We have taken a very human and person-centered approach to her situation.”

The IOC said it plans to address its “concerns” about Peng with Chinese Sports organizations through “quiet diplomacy.” 

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks during a briefing in July 2020.

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Last month, IOC president Thomas Bach held a “half-hour video conference” with Peng, who the IOC said “explained her situation and appeared to be safe and well, given the difficult situation she is in.”

Zhang, who retired in 2018, has not addressed Peng’s allegations, nor has the Chinese government. Peng’s situation has been fiercely censored by media and the internet in China. 

Peng has won 23 tour-level doubles titles, including Grand Slams at Wimbledon in 2013 and the French Open in 2014.

Three women have come forward with allegations that Noth assaulted them. Following the claims, the “And Just Like That” star had his ad he filmed for Peloton removed.

The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that two women came to to tell their stories regarding Noth’s alleged actions. One attack allegedly occurred in 2004 where he was so rough with the victim that he made her bleed and left her needing hospital treatment. The other woman said she was left “totally violated” by the star in 2015.

Another woman, under the pseudonym “Ava,” told the Daily Beast that he allegedly forced himself on her in the back office of a Midtown restaurant in 2010. She was working as a waitress at the time and was 18.

The “And Just Like That” actor was accused of sexual assault by several women earlier this month in an explosive “Hollywood Reporter” story.

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“At first, it felt as though I was the only person in the universe who could hear me saying no,” she told the outlet. Ava explained she met Noth at his table and he pulled her onto his lap, touching and groping her. She added that once her shift was done, Noth wanted to pay her in the restaurant office and he allegedly began kissing her and pushed her against a desk. “My limbs hurt in the morning,” she recalled.

A representative for Noth previously denied Ava’s claims as “a complete fabrication.” The rep told The Post, “The alleged accounts detailed throughout read like a piece of bad fiction. Chris has no knowledge of who this individual is and, as stated yesterday, has and would never cross that line.”

Actress Zoe Lister-Jones also came out with her own story of sexual misconduct against the “Perfect Man” star. She worked with him on the show “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” in 2005. 

Noth was dropped by his talent agency and a Peloton ad he starred in has been pulled.

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She wrote in an Instagram post that she worked at one of the clubs that Noth owned in New York in her twenties. She recalled how he would be inappropriate with a female co-worker. The same year she worked at the club, she guest starred in the crime series and alleged that he was drunk.

“He was drunk on set. During my interrogation scene he had a 22 oz. of beer under the table that he would drink in between takes. In one take he got close to me, sniffed my neck, and whispered, ‘You smell good.’ I didn’t say anything. My friend at the club never said anything. It’s so rare that we do,” Lister-Jones wrote on social media.