Topless protester Nicolle Rochelle appears on ‘The Cosby Show’
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The topless protester who jumped over a barricade and ran toward Bill Cosby at the start of his sexual assault retrial on Monday was an actress who appeared on the comedian’s family sitcom “The Cosby Show” as a child.
Nicolle Rochelle, a member of the European feminist group Femen, famous for organizing topless protests, said she wanted to send a message to the 80-year-old comedian.
“The main goal was to make Cosby uncomfortable because that is exactly what he did for decades with women,” she told reporters after her release from custody.
Rochelle, of Little Falls, New Jersey, scrawled the names of more than 50 Cosby accusers on her body, along with the words “Women’s Lives Matter” as she ran in front of Cosby toward the machines. TV shoot outside the suburbs. Philadelphia Court. She was taken down by the sheriff and charged with disorderly conduct.
Her objection comes ahead of opening statements in a case that pits Cosby against a former Temple University women’s basketball official who says the comedian drugged and sexually abused her in 2004. He said the encounter was consensual.
Rochelle, who guest-starred on several episodes of “The Cosby Show” more than 25 years ago, said she did not have any bad experiences with Cosby while on the show nor did she intend to hurt her. hurt him physically on Monday.
“I want him to feel something. I wanted him to feel what he did and show it on his face,” said Rochelle, who lives in Paris. “I want to get close to him, but I don’t want to touch him.
