Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Phylicia Rashad Comes Out Swinging for Bill Cosby: “A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!”

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Claire Huxtable has come out swinging. Actress Phylicia Rashad, who defended Bill Cosby in this very column a few years ago, has expressed her support for her friend and former co-star on The Cosby Show.

I may not completely agree with Rashad, but I love that she stands by her friend no matter what. She got into a lot of trouble when she told me what she thought originally. God bless her.

She adds: “I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish is for healing.”

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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