Train and media firm Peloton has pulled its viral advert that includes ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’ actor Chris Noth after sexual assault allegations from 2004 and 2015 surfaced on Thursday.
“Each single sexual assault accusation have to be taken critically,” Peloton mentioned in an announcement explaining the choice on Thursday night. “We had been unaware of those allegations once we featured Chris Noth in our response to HBO’s reboot” of the favored 90s sitcom, ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’.
“As we search to study extra, we’ve stopped selling this video and archived associated social posts,” the assertion continued.
Allegations that Noth dedicated sexual assault on two events emerged on Thursday in an article by The Hollywood Reporter. It’s claimed that the 2 girls approached the publication individually and have no idea one another. One of many incidents allegedly dates again to 2004 in Noth’s Los Angeles flat; the opposite purportedly came about in his New York residence in 2015.
The Hollywood Reporter, which gave the ladies pseudonyms to guard their privateness, claimed that the latest revival of the ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’ reboot and the related promotions introduced again painful reminiscences of the incidents.
Noth, who has additionally starred in ‘Legislation & Order’ and ‘The Good Spouse’, denies assaulting the 2 girls, saying the “encounters had been consensual.”
“It’s tough to not query the timing of those tales popping out,” he mentioned in an announcement. “I don’t know for sure why they’re surfacing now, however I do know this: I didn’t assault these girls.”
The Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) mentioned on Thursday night that there was no present investigation into the allegations. “There isn’t a file of a report being filed at the moment. With out a report, there is no such thing as a investigation,” LAPD Sergeant Bruce Borihanh mentioned.
Earlier in December, Noth’s character, ‘Mr. Large’, was killed off within the HBO revival of “Intercourse and the Metropolis.” He suffered a coronary heart assault after a Peloton bike journey through the first episode. Inside 48 hours of the premiere, Peloton launched an advert titled, ‘He’s Alive’, that includes Mr. Large, the premise being he faked his demise to run off along with his Peloton teacher.
“He’s alive.” And Simply Like That…Peloton shortly hires Chris Noth and pushes out new advert to point out he’s effective and restore their picture, after Mr. Large suffered a coronary heart assault from using a Peloton. pic.twitter.com/27lgnQvGuC
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 13, 2021
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