Chris Noth's 'The Equalizer' character gets written off show following firing over sexual assault allegations
foxnews.comChris Noth's character in the CBS show "The Equalizer" faced an off-screen death in season two of the crime drama. Noth was fired in December after the actor was accused of sexual assault by multiple women. "Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes of ‘The Equalizer,’ effective immediately," CBS and producers Universal Television said in a statement to Fox News Digital at the time.
Noth last appeared on the episode titled "Separated," which aired on Jan. 2. However, viewers didn't learn of Noth's character's fate until the April 9 episode, "Pulse." Chris Noth's character was finally written off the CBS show "The Equalizer" following his December firing. (Gotham/GC Images) The actor did not appear on-screen for the episode, but his off-screen death was revealed to the audience, according to Variety.
Noth's William Bishop died in a plane crash while participating in a CIA investigation into a separate plane crash. Noth was accused of sexual assault by two women.
One woman alleged that she was assaulted by the star in California in 2004 when she was 22 and needed stitches after the ordeal.
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