Phylicia Rashad, Bill Cosby’s TV Wife, Speaks Out On Overturned Sexual Assault Conviction: “Finally!!!! A Terrible Wrong Is Being Righted”

Howard University students and alumni are calling for "Cosby Show" actress Phylicia Rashad's firing from the school, where she serves as its dean of College of Fine Arts. The actress was met with swift criticism after backtracking an earlier statement in which she celebrated the shocking news that her longtime TV husband Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction had been overturnedby Pennsylvania’s highest court.

Former Cosby Show costar Phylicia Rashad, now a Howard University dean, has modified her gleeful reaction to news of Bill Cosby’s release from prison. But not before drawing criticism from her new academic colleagues.

Former Montgomery County, Pa., District Attorney Bruce Castor is fending off a heap of criticism from many who believe him to be the reason Bill Cosby is walking about as a free man after serving two years of a three-to-10-year sentence for alleged sexual assault.

As reactions continue to pour in on the heels of Bill Cosby’s unexpected release from state prison – after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court – new questions have arisen as to what the embattled TV dad could do next. The state’s highest court threw out the 83-year-old disgraced actor’s conviction after finding that District Attorney Kevin Steele, the prosecutor who brought the case against Cosby, violated an agreement to not charge him.

Janet Hubert, who played the original Aunt Viv in The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, has called out Phylicia Rashad over her support of Bill Cosby.Rashad’s comments followed the news that Bill Cosby will be released from prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.Rashad, who played Cosby’s spouse Claire on The Cosby Show, tweeted her support of the decision. “FINALLY!!!!” she wrote.

Bill Cosby's release from prison.

Bill Cosby was released from prison when his 2018 conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Andrea Constand is speaking out after the rape conviction against Bill Cosby was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday.

"The Cosby Show" actress Phylicia Rashad is backtracking an earlier statement in which she celebrated the shocking news that her longtime TV husband Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction had been overturned by Pennsylvania’s highest court. "I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward," she wrote.

On Wednesday, Hollywood reacted to the news that Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction had been overturned with an appropriate amount of shock and dismay — except, that is, for one star.

Bill Cosby's release from prison on Wednesday.

Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and allowed him to be released from the prison on Wednesday. According to a report in the Times of India, the courts quashed the charges against Bill mentioning that he never should have faced charges after striking a non-prosecution deal with a previous district attorney more than 15 years ago.

Bill Cosby is walking free again.

Cosby Show star, 83, has been in prison since 2018 on charges of aggravated indecent assault over a 2004 encounter with Andrea Constand, who he was convicted of drugging and molesting. However, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out his conviction on Wednesday, finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.

On Wednesday, Bill Cosby‘s 2018 conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the 83-year-old actor and comedian was released from prison.