Fresh Prince alum Janet Hubert took to Twitter on Wednesday with critical words for Phylicia Rashad, after The Cosby Show actress praised the decision from Pennsylvania’s highest court that overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction, freeing him from prison.
Rashad, 73, on Wednesday tweeted in response, 'FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!'
Hubert, 65, who played Aunt Viv on the NBC sitcom, questioned Rashad's reaction, saying that allegations against Cosby were common knowledge in the entertainment industry dating back decades, and that she knows five 'women who have not come forward' with allegations against Cosby, 83.
The latest: Fresh Prince alum Janet Hubert, 65, took to Twitter Wednesday with critical words for Phylicia Rashad, after The Cosby Show actress, 73, praised the decision from Pennsylvania’s highest court that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction, freeing him from prison
Hubert said, 'Phylicia what are you thinking!!! I don't know you but to say this was terribly wrong. EVERYONE knew what he was doing back then. How could you NOT!'
Hubert said she was 'outraged that [Cosby] has been released,' calling him 'an old a** guilty man!'
'I would have said he's old he's out and I'm happy for him, but he still ...guilty.'
She said, 'Enough Ya'll we know better. Powerful men do wrong things, Black or white...'
Rashad tweeted her support for her longtime Cosby Show colleague Bill Cosby shortly after his sexual assault conviction was overturned Wednesday
Hubert, who played Aunt Viv on the NBC sitcom, questioned Rashad's reaction, saying that allegations against Cosby were common knowledge in the entertainment industry dating back decades. She added a GIF of herself from Fresh Prince
The Chicago native correctly predicted that Rashad was bound to come under fire on social media for her controversial take on the issue, saying, 'Get your umbrella sista here comes the s*** shower.'
Following her first tweet, Rashad, who was recently named dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts, said her 'post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth.
'I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward,' she said. 'Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.'
Rashad played Claire Huxtable, the wife of Cosby's character Cliff Huxtable, on all eight seasons of the Emmy Award-winning sitcom from 1984 to 1992. She has past supported her former co-star in the past despite the allegations against him.
Rashad later took to the site to clarify her feelings on the issue, saying she fully supports 'sexual assault survivors coming forward'
Cosby, shortly after his release from the SCI Phoenix prison today
Cosby, 83, was released from the SCI Phoenix prison in Skippack Township Wednesday after Pennsylvania's Supreme Court overturned his sexual assault conviction in a surprise decision.
He has served more than two years of a three-to-10 year sentence after being found guilty of drugging and violating Temple University sports administrator Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
He was arrested in 2015, and was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era.
Rashad, 72, had been quick to defend her former colleague after the allegations first surfaced, and has gone so far as to suggest the accusers against Cosby had ulterior motives.
Rashad played Claire Huxtable, the wife of Cosby's character Cliff Huxtable, on all eight seasons of the Emmy Award-winning
