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Matt Slocum / AP The news that Bill Cosby has been released from prison has enraged sexual assault victims advocates and MeToo activists. Dozens of women going back decades accused Bill Cosby of sexual harassment and assault. In 2018, a jury found him guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in Cheltenham, Pa., outside Philadelphia. On Wednesday, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the indecent assault convicti...

While Rashad praised the news of Cosby’s release, other celebrities condemned the move. "To every woman who was sexual assaulted by #BillCosby my heart hurts for you today and I am full fury," actor Debra Messing tweeted. "It’s horrifying."  Actor and activist Amber Tamblyn tweeted: "I dont want to hear anything about how cancel culture ruined mens lives during the MeToo era reckoning for women and survivors. How we went too far." "Todays news that Cosbys conviction is being overturned...

Phylicia Rashad is reversing her pro-Bill Cosby comments. On Wednesday, the 73-year-old actress drew swift criticism after celebrating Cosby’s controversial prison release: “FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted,” she posted alongside a photo of the disgraced comedian, “a miscarriage of justice is corrected.” Rashad, who played Cosby’s wife Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show, clearly failed to read the room. The Houston native was immediately slammed for defending her for...

Et tu, Phylicia? Barely an hour after the news broke that Bill Cosby, the once-beloved TV star whose conviction for sexual assault marked a major victory for the #MeToo movement, would be released from prison on an infuriating technicality, his longtime TV wife Phylicia Rashad weighed in on Twitter. “FINALLY!!! A terrible wrong is being righted — a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” she wrote in a message accompanying a photo of the comedian looking frail, as if to elicit our sympathy....

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Published Jun 30, 2021   Updated Jun 30, 2021, 5:16 pm CDT Comedian Bill Cosby, 83, was released from prison Wednesday. As the first criminal conviction of the Me Too movement was overturned, sexual assault survivors and allies took to Twitter to voice their frustration. Featured Video Hide A Pennsylvania appeals court overturned Cosby’s sentence, ruling that he was denied a fair trial, the New York Times reported. Cosby was first arrested in 2015 and wa...

By Meredith B. Kile‍ This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. 23:41 01:02 02:27 24:38 02:01 02:50 02:49 03:04 03:25 02:08 02:12 01:47 03:52 03:23 02:32 01:45 03:29 25:22 03:25 02:06 Inside the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show’s Preparation for th… On Wednesday, Bill Cosbys 2018 conviction for drugging and sexually assaul...

Phylicia Rashad apologized after receiving criticism about Bill Cosby tweet INSIDER 15 hrs ago © NBC Phylicia Rashad and Bill Cosby in "The Cosby Show." NBC Phylicia Rashad made a celebratory comment about Bill Cosbys release. Rashad received backlash online. Her initial post read, "FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!" Cosby was released after his sexual assault conviction was vacated by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on a technicality. The...

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May 13, 2021 Share Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts. The longtime performer and Tony Award winner, who role to cultural prominence as Clair Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” graduated magna cum laude from Howard with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1970. Provost Anthony K. Wutoh called the appointment a “full circle moment” and said in a statement that Rashad’s “passion for the arts and...