Model and actress Jacinda Barrett, who dated Chris Hardwick for four years, has come to his defense amid sexual assault allegations.

"The accuser's story bears no resemblance to the one I shared with him all those years ago, but what is of supreme importance here is that every woman and every man deserves a voice," Barrett said. "Accuser and Accused. Everyone deserves to be heard."

Hardwick's ex, Chloe Dykstra, previously wrote about being physically and emotionally abused during a past relationship.

Given context clues, people thought she could be referring to Hardwick.

The "Talking Dead" host has denied these claims in a statement to Deadline.

Hardwick's current wife, Lydia Hearst, also released a statement in support of him.



Earlier in June, an essay on Medium by actress Chloe Dykstra went viral for describing physical and emotional abuse during her past relationship. Given context clues, many people thought she could be referring to her ex-boyfriend, Chris Hardwick, who she was in a relationship with from 2012 to 2014.

Now, actress Jacinda Barrett — who had a previous relationship with Hardwick — is defending Hardwick against abuse allegations.

Barrett, who dated Hardwick in the '90s and was engaged to him at one point, said her own relationship with Hardwick "bears no resemblance" to the one that Dykstra described in her essay.

"This past week I have watched someone I once loved and shared four years of my life with be publicly accused of misconduct and abuse, then swiftly fired and shunned," Barrett wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. "The accuser's story bears no resemblance to the one I shared with him all those years ago, but what is of supreme importance here is that every woman and every man deserves a voice. Accuser and Accused. Everyone deserves to be heard. A rush to judgment denies the right to due process; the Metoo movement deserves due process."

Hardwick, who is the host of AMC’s "The Talking Dead," took it upon himself to also deny the allegations.

"Our three year relationship was not perfect — we were ultimately not a good match and argued — even shouted at each other — but I loved her, and did my best to uplift and support her as a partner and companion in any way and at no time did I sexually assault her," Hardwick told Deadline.

Hardwick's wife, Lydia Hearst, also defended the Nerdist Industries founder, telling "Entertainment Tonight," she stands in "complete support" of her husband.

Hearst released a lengthy statement that acknowledged "all the women who have been sexually abused, raped, trafficked, and tortured," before ultimately defending her husband. She went on to say that as someone who had been involved in "toxic relationships," she wasn't taking the allegations lightly.

"I have made the decision to come out in support of my husband not out of obligation, but out of necessity to speak the truth about the person I know," Hearst said in her statement. "Chris is nothing but loving and compassionate and is the only person who has stood by me, never judged me, helped me heal, and feel whole. To defend my husband would be giving credence to any of these accusations. I will not do that."

Dykstra's essay did not outright name Hardwick as the abuser, and she has yet to publicly name her abuser.

Both Barrett and Hearst's defense of Hardwick come after AMC responded to the allegations by announcing it had pulled Hardwick's latest project with the network,"Talking With Chris Hardwick," from its schedule. Additionally, Hardwick has stepped down from his planned San Diego Comic-Con moderating duties.

Representatives for Dykstra didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.

If you are a victim of sexual assault, you can visit RAINN or call its hotline at 1-800-656-4673 to receive confidential support from a trained staff member.

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