Chris Noth axed from The Equalizer following sexual assault allegations

Noth will not shoot any further episodes of The Equalizer (Picture: Getty)

Chris Noth has been dropped from the CBS drama The Equalizer following the sexual assault allegations made against him. 

The announcement comes after two separate allegations of sexual assault in 2004 and 2015 against the 67-year-old actor, who enjoyed a headline-grabbing return to Sex and the City spin-off And Just Like That earlier this month.  

Two women spoke to The Hollywood Reporter using pseudonyms to protect their identities with Noth vehemently denying the claims as ‘categorically false’. 

Noth played the recurring role of detective William Bishop in The Equalizer, which stars Queen Latifah, however it is understood he will not return. 

‘Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes of The Equalizer, effective immediately,’ Universal Television and CBS said in a short statement obtained by several US media outlets. 

The series, which is produced by Universal Television in association with CBS Television Studios, aired two series this year, one in February and the other in October. 

Noth played detective William Bishop in the CBS drama (Picture: CBS)

It comes as Noth’s Sex And The City co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, who played Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte in the hit US show, said they are ‘deeply saddened’ by the allegations. 

‘We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences,’ they said in a joint statement. 

‘We know it must be a very difficult thing for them to do and we commend them for it.’  

Noth has been accused of assaulting two women more than 10 years apart. 

Last week the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed that there was no investigation into the sexual assault allegations, which Noth has called ‘categorically false’. 

The two women, who do not know each other, approached trade publication The Hollywood Reporter separately to claim Noth’s reprisal of his role in the Sex And The City spinoff had triggered painful memories. 

One woman, who is given the pseudonym Zoe, said she was 22 and working in an entry-level job for a high-profile firm where Noth and other celebrities regularly had business when he assaulted her in his apartment in Los Angeles in 2004. 

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Another woman, given the pseudonym Lily, was 25 and working as a waitress in the VIP section of a New York nightclub when she met Noth in 2015. 

She claims he assaulted her in his New York apartment. 

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