Celebrities and political commentators shared mixed reactions Wednesday to news that Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction has been overturned.
“I GUESS 70 WOMEN WERENT ENOUGH – fuck u bill,” Rosie O’Donnell tweeted to her millions of followers. “#WTF #RAPIST.” Her post included a link to an article from CNN
about the disgraced actor being released from prison.” (RELATED: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction)
I GUESS 70 WOMEN WERENT ENOUGH – fuck u bill https://t.co/9dZUPzGx9U #WTF #RAPIST
— ROSIE (@Rosie) June 30, 2021
“BILL COSBY IS NOT INNOCENT,” Marc Lamont Hill tweeted to his hundreds of thousands of followers. “HE HAS NOT BEEN EXONERATED. His release means that Cosby, a sexual predator, was incarcerated within a criminal legal system that has as little regard for its own rules and procedures as Cosby does for his victims.” (RELATED: Bill Cosby Time Behind Bars Dramatically Cut After Deal Made Following Guilty Verdict)
BILL COSBY IS NOT INNOCENT. HE HAS NOT BEEN EXONERATED. His release means that Cosby, a sexual predator, was incarcerated within a criminal legal system that has as little regard for its own rules and procedures as Cosby does for his victims.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 30, 2021
Cosby’s former co-star from “The Cosby Show” celebrated the move by the Pennsylvania Supreme court.(RELATED: Jury Finds Bill Cosby Guilty In Sexual Assault Retrial)
“FINALLY!!!!” Phylicia Rashad tweeted. “A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!”
FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected! pic.twitter.com/NrGUdwr23c
— Phylicia Rashad (@PhyliciaRashad) June 30, 2021
Rich, powerful, sexual predator, Jeffrey Epstein got s sweetheart deal from then US attorney, Alex Acosta.
Rich, powerful, sexual-predator Bill Cosby got a sweet-heart, no-prosecution deal from a prosecutor and is getting out of jail.
Anybody else see a pattern, here?
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) June 30, 2021
The 3 Bill Cosby accusers I represent and I are disgusted that he is a free man today.
He is not released because he is innocent.
He is released because a prosecutor promised him years ago that he would not be brought to justice, without even making a deal for him to do time.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) June 30, 2021
WHEN will things get better for women and girls regarding sexual assault, sexism, misogyny and ageism?
What will it take?
So discouraged.— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) June 30, 2021
I am furious to hear this news. I personally know women who this man drugged and raped while unconscious. Shame on the court and this decision. #TimesUp #MeToo
Bill Cosby to Be Freed as Court Overturns His Sex Assault Conviction – The New York Times https://t.co/W34edMi1vw
— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) June 30, 2021
Bill Cosby is STILL an evil rapist .the end.
— rosanna arquette (@RoArquette) June 30, 2021
Bill Cosby was not put in prison because he was a Black man he was put in prison because he drugged and raped many women for decades.
— rosanna arquette (@RoArquette) June 30, 2021
Let me reiterate….
It is a white supremacist LIE that Bill Cosby “admitted to drugging women”..That has been PROVEN to be a media created
LIE
LIE
LIE
LIEAnd LIES like this are the reasons why Cosby had that bogus case rightfully overturned https://t.co/T5MyYR6ePN
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) June 30, 2021
To the ppl trying to say “bLaCk woMen aCCusEd BiLL cOsbY too” , when has white society cared about what sistas had to say? The killers of Breonna Taylor are still free NOW. You care nothing about justice for BW, so please don’t try to use Black woman as a cover for your racism
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) June 30, 2021
Bill Cosby got away with it. He got away with potentially sexually assaulting on the order of 60 women.
If that doesn’t cause SOMEBODY to CHANGE SOME GODDAMN LAWS I cannot think of what will.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 30, 2021