‘Disgusting’: Cosby Show Star Shoots Down Hoax Story Cosby Molested Her

Actress Raven-Symoné got her big break when she was three years old, as Olivia on The Cosby Show. She played the character for the show’s final three seasons. But with Cosby in the news for multiple rape allegations, there’s a pretty unnerving hoax story saying she filed molestation charges against him. The story was “reported” by Hip Hop Hangover, which has also “reported” on such topics like “Black Teen Shot in Ferguson, For Screaming He ‘Has Ebola’ After Sneezing On Cops” and “Beyoncé Announces She Never Carried Blue Ivy, Reveals Surrogate.”

Nevertheless, apparently enough people believed this fake news for Raven-Symoné to take to Instagram and push back against this “disgusting” rumor:

I was NOT taking advantage of by Mr. Cosby when I was on the Cosby Show! I was practically a baby on that show and this is truly a disgusting rumor that I want no part of! Everyone on that show treated me with nothing but kindness. Now keep me out of this!

A photo posted by Raven-Symone` (@ravensymonecp) on Nov 11, 2014 at 2:20pm PST

Reruns of The Cosby Show have, as of tonight, been pulled from TV Land’s schedule.

[h/t E! Online]
[image via screengrab]

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