{"id":579791,"date":"2021-07-02T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=579791"},"modified":"2021-07-02T11:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:35:41","slug":"finally-a-terrible-wrong-is-being-righted-actress-phylicia-rashad-in-hot-water-after-celebrating-bill-cosby-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finally-a-terrible-wrong-is-being-righted-actress-phylicia-rashad-in-hot-water-after-celebrating-bill-cosby-release\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018FINALLY! A Terrible Wrong Is Being Righted!\u2019 Actress Phylicia Rashad In Hot Water After Celebrating Bill Cosby Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinally-a-terrible-wrong-is-being-righted-actress-phylicia-rashad-in-hot-water-after-celebrating-bill-cosby-release%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=579791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1153093150.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Immediately following news of her long-time co-star\u2019s release from prison, \u201cCosby Show\u201d actress Phylicia Rashad tweeted, \u201cFINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted \u2014 a miscarriage of justice is corrected!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/241084\">reported<\/a> Wednesday, a Pennsylvania court overturned Bill Cosby\u2019s sex assault conviction, allowing the actor to go free after serving nearly three years of a 3-10 year sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his Pennsylvania estate in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 60 other women have accused Cosby of harassment, rape, and sexual misconduct over the years. Cosby has always denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Rashad later deleted the tweet and tempered her initial support with a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhyliciaRashad\/status\/1410336268995776518?s=20\">post<\/a>, saying, \u201cI fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.\u201d But she notably did not disavow her initial statement.<\/p>\n<p>This put Howard University, which recently hired Rashad as Dean of Fine Arts, in an awkward position. The school quickly issued a statement distancing itself from Rashad\u2019s views. \u201cSurvivors of sexual assault will always be our first priority,\u201d the school said in an Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQxLAM-oBBh\/\">post<\/a>. \u201cWhile Dean Rashad has acknowledged in her follow-up tweet that victims must be heard and believed, her initial tweet lacked sensitivity towards survivors of sexual assault.\u201d Howard also said personal positions of University leadership do not reflect its policies.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConstandAndrea\/status\/1410347835086811139?s=20\">statement<\/a> posted on Twitter, Constand expressed her disappointment with the Court\u2019s decision, saying it may \u201cdiscourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant or may force a victim to choose between filing either a criminal or civil action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the one hand, the Court acknowledged that the former District Attorney\u2019s decision not to prosecute Mr. Cosby was not a formal agreement and constituted at best a unilateral exercise of prosecutorial discretion not to prosecute at the time,\u201d she went on. \u201cThe Court also acknowledged that it agreed with the lower court\u2019s credibility determinations, but nevertheless precluded a future prosecution, which included additional evidence developed in the civil case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cosby shared his own <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillCosby\/status\/1410359498162769926?s=20\">message<\/a> to Twitter on news of his release: \u201cI have never changed my stance nor my story,\u201d he said. \u201cI have always maintained my innocence. Thank you to all my fans, supporters and friends who stood by me through this ordeal. Special thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for upholding the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cosby Show,\u201d which was the most popular sitcom of the 80s, ran for eight seasons on NBC. Rashad played the role of Claire Huxtable, Cosby\u2019s wife, during its entire run. The other members of the cast, including Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and Tempestt Bledsoe, have not commented about his release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immediately following news of her long-time co-star\u2019s release from prison, \u201cCosby Show\u201d actress Phylicia Rashad tweeted, \u201cFINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted \u2014 a miscarriage of justice is corrected!\u201dAs &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313908,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1153093150.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018FINALLY! 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