Janet Hubert has joined those slamming Phylicia Rashad for her reaction to Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction being overturned.
After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced its decision on June 30, Rashad, who starred with Cosby in “The Cosby Show,” tweeted: “FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!”
The tweet provoked an intense backlash against Rashad, and Howard University, where Rashad is the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts dean, released a statement condemning her tweet.
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Janet Hubert added her voice to the criticism, tweeting Thursday: “Phylicia what are you thinking!!! I don’t know you but to say this was terribly wrong.”
She continued: “EVERYONE knew what he was doing back then. How could you NOT! Get your umbrella sista here comes the s— shower. I am outraged that he has been released. Yes he is an old ass guilty man!”
“I know 5 women who have not come forward. Enough. Ya’ll we know better. Powerful men do wrong things, black or white,” Hubert wrote in another tweet.
“I know 5 women who have not come forward. Enough. Ya’ll we know better. Powerful men do wrong things, black or white,” Hubert wrote in another tweet.Rashad has now deleted the original post supporting Cosby, who was released from prison on Wednesday after serving three years of a 10-year-long sentence.
