EXCLUSIVE: Something funny? Chris Noth GRINS as he steps out near his home in the Berkshires – after his wife was pictured in LA WITHOUT her wedding ring amid reports they are spending Christmas apart following rape allegations
- Noth, 67, was seen stepping out for a walk near his summer home in Massachusetts on Wednesday
- The Sex and the City star wore a green beanie, a pair of khaki-colored trousers, and a black zip-up jacket
- He kept his left hand firmly in his pocket during the outing – which came one day after his wife of nine years, Tara Wilson, was pictured without her wedding ring outside their home in Los Angeles
- Wilson, 42, was seen putting the couple’s younger son, 18-month-old Keats, into the back of an SUV before climbing into the car herself amid rumors that she and Noth will not spend the holidays together
- Last week, The Hollywood Reporter published allegations from two women who say that Noth raped them, with each sharing similar details of their assaults in 2004 and 2015
- Another woman has since come forward to claim Noth assaulted her, while actress Zoe Lister-Jones called him a ‘sexual predator’
- Noth met Wilson when she was a bartender at a bar he owns in 2001 and they married in 2012; they share two children, Orion, 13, and Keats
- He has denied the allegations but he has admitted that he had ‘consensual encounters’ with the women
- Noth has since been fired from one TV gig and lost a $12 million deal to sell his tequila brand
Chris Noth put on a brave face on Wednesday as he stepped out near his summer home in the Berkshires, flashing a big grin for the cameras, less than one week after two women accused him of rape and sexual assault, and just two days after his wife of nine years was pictured in Los Angeles without her wedding ring.
The 67-year-old Sex and the City star concealed his own wedding finger as he went for a walk in Massachusetts today, keeping his left hand firmly in the pocket of his black jacket, which he wore with a pair of khaki-colored pants and a green beanie.
Although Noth’s outing comes less than a week after he was accused of rape by two different women in an explosive report published by The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, the actor appeared to be in good spirits during his walk, when he was seen flashing a wide smile straight at the camera.
The report – which featured allegations from two women using the pseudonyms Zoe, now 40, and Lily, now 31, who claim that Noth raped them in 2004 and 2015, respectively – is said to have left the actor’s wife, Tara Wilson, devastated, with sources saying that she is ‘very upset’ and planning to spend Christmas away from her husband, with whom she shares two sons.
Further speculation about the future of the couple’s relationship was prompted this week when DailyMail.com published exclusive images of Wilson, 42, outside the family’s home in Sherman Oaks, California, without her wedding ring on, nearly 3,000 miles away from the Berkshires property where her husband is currently staying.
Chris Noth was seen grinning at the cameras as he emerged near his home in the Berkshires on Wednesday – less than a week after he was accused of rape and sexual assault by two women in The Hollywood Reporter
The 67-year-old’s outing comes just two days after Tara Wilson, his wife of nine years, was pictured in Los Angeles without her wedding ring on, amid reports that she is ‘very upset’ by the accusations that have been made against her husband
Noth met Wilson, with whom he shares two sons, in 2001 and they tied the knot in 2012. The two women who accused him of rape said that he attacked them in 2004 and 2015, respectively
It has been reported that Noth’s wife is not going to spend Christmas with him. She was seen in Los Angeles on Monday, nearly 3,000 miles away from the Massachusetts property where Noth is understood to be staying
In the wake of The Hollywood Reporter article, on other woman has come forward to accuse Noth of groping her, while actress Zoe Lister-Jones recalled behavior that made her describe him as a ‘predator’; he has since lost a planned $12 million deal to sell his tequila brand and was fired from the series The Equalizer.
However, Noth appeared determined not to let any stress from the scandal show as he emerged from his summer home today with a smile on his face – although he broke his cheerful expressions at points during his walk, when he was seen looking lost in thought while staring down at the ground.
It is unclear whether Wilson is planning to travel to Massachusetts with her children to join Noth for the holiday, however sources claim that the couple may well spend Christmas apart, with one insider alleging to Page Six on Monday that the couple’s marriage is ‘hanging by a thread’.
‘Tara is upset and things are hanging by a thread,’ the source claimed. ‘She just wants to protect the kids [Orion, 13, and Keats, 18 months]. That is her number one priority.’
On Monday, Wilson was pictured outside of the family’s gated Los Angeles home in blue leggings, a green puffer coat, and Ugg boots outside the home she shares with Noth. She did not seem to have a ring on her finger, though she was wearing a large rock at the And Just Like That premiere earlier this month.
Apparently unaware of the camera, she looked tired as she held her phone in her hand and climbed into the car, after putting her youngest son into the backseat.
Wilson and Noth share two children: Orion, 13, and Keats, 18 months.
This is the first time that Wilson has been pictured since last Thursday, when The Hollywood Reporter published its report on the allegations.
Noth has vehemently denied that he assaulted the women, but did admit to sexual relations with them, describing the incidents as ‘consensual encounters.’
Whether or not the incidents were rape or consensual, a source told The Sun that Wilson was caught unawares that he was having anything to do with other women.
‘He may be non-monogamous, we have established that his wife didn’t know,’ the source said.
‘If anything, he is guilty of that. She is in LA and is very upset… she’s not doing well. They planned to spend Christmas together but that is now unknown.’
The source, a friend of Noth’s, also insisted that the actor is ‘no Weinstein’ and that ‘all his friends are sticking by him.’
On Monday evening, the actor’s Sex and the City co-stars, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, issued a statement about the accusations made against him, saying: ‘We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth.
‘We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences. We know it must be a very difficult thing to do and we commend them for it.’
Noth met Vancouver-born Wilson in 2001 when he was in his mid-40s and she was in her early 20s. Wilson was a bartender at the New York jazz club The Cutting Room, which Noth co-owns.
Noth’s cheerful expression did break at certain points during his walk, when he was seen looking lost in thought
At one point he pointed towards the photographer, before breaking into an amused smile
The star was last seen outside of his apartment on New York’s Upper East Side, just hours after the allegations were published
Noth may well be planning to spend the holidays at his home in Great Barrington, which he has owned for several years, however it is unclear whether his wife and children will join him
The actor has not spoken out publicly since the allegations were published, however he gave a statement to The Hollywood Reporter in which he vehemently denied all accusations of assault
They welcomed their first son in 2008, got engaged in 2009, and married in Hawaii in 2012, with then-four-year-old Orion serving as ring bearer. Their second son arrived in early 2020.
It’s unknown whether Wilson was made aware of the allegations against her husband before they were published. The Hollywood Reporter had reached out to Noth prior to publication, which would have given him at least some time to break the news.
In the report, both of Noth’s accusers — who went by pseudonyms Zoe, now 40, and Lily, now 31 — claimed that he raped them from behind in front of a mirror. The first attack allegedly took place in 2004, while the second reportedly occurred in 2015, three years after Noth married his wife, Tara Wilson, with whom he has two children.
Both women claimed that the recent publicity surrounding the Sex and the City reboot ‘stirred painful memories’ of their encounters with Noth and ‘triggered’ them to go public with their claims.
The first, Zoe, said she met Noth while working ‘in an entry-level position at a high-profile firm where Noth and other celebrities regularly had business’ in 2004.
She claimed that the actor — who was then at the height of his Sex and the City fame and, according to Zoe’s then-boss was seen as a ‘god’ by her and colleagues — began flirting with her in the office.
Wilson (pictured with Noth earlier this month) was seen climbing into an SUV outside their gated home in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles – almost 3,000 miles away from Noth’s home in Massachusetts – on Monday
Wilson was pictured in blue leggings, a green puffer coat, and Ugg boots outside the home she shares with Noth
Wilson didn’t appear to be wearing her wedding ring on Monday, though she did have it on earlier this month
Wilson, 42, is reportedly ‘very upset’ and ‘not doing well’ since the report
She was seen putting her younger son, Keats, into the backseat of the vehicle before climbing in herself
At the time, Noth had been dating Wilson for three years. However, according to Zoe, Noth began leaving ‘flirty’ messages on her voicemail — which she was alerted to by her boss.
Zoe claimed that she was raped by Noth in his West Hollywood apartment when she returned a book he had lent her.
She said he ‘kissed her’ as soon as she walked through the door, then moved her to his bed and removed her shorts and bikini bottoms before raping her ‘from behind’ while they were ‘facing a mirror.’
She also claimed that the actor did not use protection, that he ‘laughed at her’ when she asked him to get a condom — and that she was left bleeding after the assault, and had to go to the hospital to get stitches.
‘It was very painful and I yelled out, “Stop!”‘ she told THR. ‘And he didn’t. I said, “Can you at least get a condom?” and he laughed at me.’
‘I had stitches. Two police officers came. I wouldn’t say who it was,’ she says, claiming that she feared she would ‘not be believed’ and could ‘be fired’ if she publicly accused Noth of rape.
Noth’s second accuser, Lily, who is now working as a journalist, told a similar story to THR, alleging that the actor raped her in his home in Greenwich Village after they struck up a flirty relationship while she was working as a server at former New York nightclub No.8 in 2015, when she was 25.
Lily said she was ‘truly star-struck’ when he began ‘hitting on her’ and ended up going with him to a restaurant.
Afterward, Noth invited her back to his home to ‘sample his collection of whiskeys’ — and says he began trying to ‘make out with her’ when they got there.
Noth has two sons with Wilson – Orion (left), 13, who was born in 2008, seven years before the alleged second attack took place, and Keats (right), 18 months, who was born in 2020
Noth met Vancouver-born Wilson in 2001 when he was in his mid-40s and she was in her early 20s. Wilson was a bartender at the New York jazz club The Cutting Room, which Noth co-owns
The couple welcomed their first son in 2008, got engaged in 2009, and married in Hawaii in 2012. Their second son arrived in early 2020 (pictured in 2002)
‘I should have said no more firmly and left,’ she said, claiming that ‘the next thing she knew’ he had pulled down her pants and ‘was standing in front of her’ before ‘thrusting his penis into her mouth.’
She said that she mentioned the fact that he had a wife and child, only for the actor to tell her that ‘marriage is a sham’ and ‘monogamy is not real.’ Lily claimed Noth then raped her from behind in a chair in front of a mirror.
‘He was having sex with me from the back in a chair. We were in front of a mirror. I was kind of crying as it happened,’ she said.
After the alleged assault took place, Lily said she went to the bathroom and put on her skirt, claiming that she ‘felt awful’ and ‘totally violated.’
‘All of my dreams with this star I loved for years were gone,’ she added.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Noth admitted that he had ‘consensual encounters’ with the two women, but he strongly denied any accusations that he assaulted them.
‘The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false,’ the statement reads.
‘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.
Last Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter published explosive allegations against Noth (seen in Sex and the City reboot And Just Like that with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker), with two women claiming that he raped them
One woman claimed that the alleged attack took place in Noth’s Greenwich Village apartment ( pictured) and that he raped her from behind, in front of a mirror
‘It’s difficult not to question the timing of these stories coming out. I don’t know for certain why they are surfacing now, but I do know this: I did not assault these women.’
After the report was published, Zoe Lister-Jones described Noth was a ‘sexual predator’
Though Officer Drake Madison of the LAPD initially told Deadline on Thursday that ‘there is no investigation at this point’ into the claims against Noth, an LAPD spokesperson later told People that they are ‘looking into the nature of the report’ and trying to figure out ‘when, where or even if a report was filed.’
However, Officer Madison added: ‘At this time, there’s no record of a report being filed. Without a report, there is no investigation.’
Late on Thursday, actress Zoe Lister-Jones also detailed her encounters with the embattled actor, claiming that he was ‘sexually inappropriate’ to women who worked at a New York City club he owned, and sniffed her neck while drunk on set of the detective show.
‘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 on Instagram.
‘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 went on, before detailing some of her experiences.
Then a third woman accused Chris Noth of sexual assault for allegedly groping her at a Manhattan restaurant in 2010 when she was 18.
In her Instagram story on Thursday, Lister-Jones said she was ‘relieved’ by Big’s death because she remembers him being ‘consistently sexually inappropriate’ with a female promoter
She also recalled him sniffing her hair when she guest starred on Law and Order: Criminal Intent
She concluded her statement by cursing out Noth’s character on Sex and the City, claiming that he capitalized on the role to seduce women
The unnamed 30-year-old Canadian tech executive claimed Noth, then 55, groped her while she was working as a hostess at the Da Marino restaurant in Midtown, the Daily Beast first reported.
Noth came in intoxicated, allegedly telling her, ‘I love Canadian women’ as he pressed her against ‘his erection.’
‘I remember how electrifying his hand, the hand I watched hold Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, felt grabbing me,’ Ava said.
She claimed Noth then followed her into the back office and began kissing her and pressing her against a desk.
She alleged that that he pulled down her tights and touched and clung onto her so strongly that after she managed to push and kick him away, her ‘limbs hurt in the morning.’
‘It felt as though I was the only person in the universe who could hear me saying no,’ she told the outlet.
She said the actor also felt her tampon and asked if she was at the end of her period before continuing to grope her.
Despite Ava’s protests, Noth allegedly carried on until she told him ‘not here,’ convincing him that they could carry on somewhere else.
‘I haven’t been able to shake the memory of how the kitchen staff looked at me as I emerged from the office with Chris Noth,’ she said.
Noth’s publicist told the Daily Beast that the actor ‘denies this as ever happening and has no idea who this woman is.’
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