Bill Cosby is back free: the conviction for sexual assault has been overturned. News that has left many perplexed, but which has also brought happiness. like the one tried and described on the social, by “Mrs. Robinson”, or Phylicia Rashad, the actress who for years played the wife of Cosby-Robinson in the award-winning drama. “A terrible injustice has been corrected,” he wrote.
Controversy at the tweet
The actress’s tweet obviously aroused a lot of social criticism and she had to intervene again to reiterate her closeness to the victims of violence. In the second tweet he thus reiterated his position. “I fully support the victims of sexual assault. My post was not meant to be insensitive to their truth. I personally know from friends and my family that certain abuses have lifelong aftermath. My heartfelt desire is that they can heal. “
“Mrs. Robinson” always at his side
Unlike other members of the Hollywood world, such as other members of the cast of the TV series, Rashad has never attacked the former workmate, always taking a very cautious position. His joy at the Pennsylvania court’s decision to overturn the sexual assault conviction was not appreciated by the many culprits, however.
The Pennsylvania Judges
However Cosby was released from prison because the actor, now 83, was denied a fair trial for the Pennsylvania judges. The actor, known as “America’s Dad,” was sentenced to between 3 and 10 years in state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the sentence. and the protagonist of “The Robinsons” was released after two years in prison. The overturning of the sentence was experienced as a heavy slap in the face of the #MeToo movement of which the Cosby case was the first high-profile legal proceeding.
July 1, 2021 (change July 1, 2021 | 16:24)
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