The women’s reasons for not coming forward earlier amount to: fear of retaliation, and fear no one would believe them. Fear.
A few days ago, it appeared that former “Cosby Show” cast mate Phylicia Rashad was condemning the women making the allegations. “Forget these women,” Showbiz 411 had quoted Rashad as saying. “What you’re seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it’s orchestrated.” She was subsequently blasted throughout the media for what many took to be a dismissal of rape victims and a defense of Cosby.
On Wednesday, in an interview with ABC News, Rashad said she was misquoted and attempted to clarify those comments. What she’d meant to say was that, “This is not about the women. This is about something else. This is about the obliteration of legacy,” she said. She blamed the media for declaring “guilt without proof” and described Cosby as “a genius. He’s generous. He’s kind.”
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