forget these women!Phylicia Rashad defends Bill Cosby

our very own Claire Huxtable spoke out about the Mounting rape accusations brought up against Bill Cosby at a luncheon held for the movie Selma yesterday.

 Phylicia Rashad reportedly told Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 that the claims against Cosby must be "orchestrated" somehow and that everyone should "forget these women."

according to Showbiz 411:

...[Rashad] did say to me "I love him" about Bill Cosby. She stands defiantly behind him. She told me that in the years she's known him, she has never seen the behavior alleged by the women who say they were drugged and raped, or sexually harassed.

"Forget these women," Rashad said. "What you're seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it's orchestrated. I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy. And it's a legacy that is so important to the culture."