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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 conviction against him on a legal technicality. "It's really sending shockwaves through our survivor commun...

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 don't want to hear anything about how cancel culture ruined men's lives during the MeToo era reckoning for women and survivors. How we went too far." "Today's news that Cosby's conviction is being overturned is proof we haven't gone far enough. Our justice system MUST change," she added.   In a stat...

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 former co-star, who has been accused of drugging and raping nearly five dozen women. Hours after her ce...

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. It was an example of a hallowed celebrity tradition, the seriously-no-one-asked-why-are-you-talkin...

By Jennifer Drysdale‍ 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. 22:19 02:45 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… Phylicia Rashad says she fully supports "survivors of sexual assault coming forward" after initially celebrating Bill Cosby's release from prison. The actress, who played Cosb...