Phylicia Rashad’s exuberant joy that her TV husband Bill Cosby is getting out of jail has now been followed by a backlash.
Most celebrities are of the opinion after the release of Bill Cosby (83) last Wednesday that it is a scandal and a slap in the face of his alleged victims. Meanwhile, Phylicia Rashad (73) is one of the few stars who were happy about the turnaround in the Cosby case. For years she played his TV wife Clair Huxtable in the sitcom “The Cosby Show”. In the meantime, she has not only deleted her jubilation post, but also published a clarification.
Rashad’s exuberant joy
Rashad’s first Twitter reaction to the fact that Cosby was released was: “FINALLY !!!! A terrible mistake will be fixed. A failure of the judiciary will be corrected.” These words can now be found neither on Twitter nor on Instagram. : “I support victims of sexual assault who go public with it 100 percent. My post was in no way designed to be insensitive to their truth.”
She herself knows from affected people from her circle of friends and family that “such abuse has lifelong effects. My greatest wish is for a cure.” Rashad has since worked her way up to dean of Howard University in Washington, DC. And that’s exactly where her words about Cosby’s release from prison cause displeasure despite the postponed tweet.
Her university is clearly moving away from her
is written among other things: “Survivors of a sexual assault will always be our priority. Even if Dean Rashad agrees in her follow-up tweet that the victims must be listened to and believed, her original tweet lacks sensitivity towards survivors of sexual violence. ” The university makes it clear in the statement that Rashad’s personal opinion in no way reflects that of the institution.
Bill Cosby had been in custody since 2018 and was supposed to serve a minimum of three and a maximum of ten years. All applications for appeal and early release had so far been denied. In 2004, he is said to have drugged and sexually coerced Canadian university employee Andrea Constand (48). About 60 other women accuse Cosby of the same. He denies the allegations.
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