Janice Dickinson felt like she had been 'kicked in the stomach' after Bill Cosby's release from prison
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Janice Dickinson spoke to Entertainment Tonight about Bill Cosby's release from prison.
Dickinson said she was "angry" the sexual assault conviction against Cosby was overturned.
She accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her more than 30 years ago.
Janice Dickinson, who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and later launched a defamation case against him, said she was "angry" over his prison release.
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Cosby would be released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled to overturn his sexual assault conviction. Cosby was serving a 10-year prison sentence for aggravated indecent assault after being convicted in the 2004 sexual assault of Andrea Constand.
Dickinson, who testified in Constand's case, expressed her frustrations about the overturned conviction during an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
"First of all, [I felt] so angry. So angry. Second, I felt like I was kicked in the stomach, in my abdomen, by some psychic blow," Dickinson, 66, said. "I'm angry they let him out over a procedural. That's basically all I have to say. I can't get into the legalese about it. I can only speak from my heart and say that the statute of limitations is not fair. It's just not fair."
When asked how she felt about those celebrating his release - like Cosby's former co-star Phylicia Rashad - Dickinson said she sympathized with those who've experienced sexual assault.
"I was raped by Bill Cosby," Dickinson said. "and I know that it changed my life forever. That's why my heart goes out to all the women who started #MeToo after I first came out on your show [in 2014]. I just think people are ignorant."
Dickinson, a supermodel and former America's Next Top Model judge, filed a defamation lawsuit against Cosby after his representative disputed her accusation that he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1982. The lawsuit was later settled.
Dickson said on Entertainment Tonight that other women who've accused Cosby need to "hang in there" together.
She then shared a pointed message to Cosby, saying: "Oh, I would say, don't be so happy with yourself, buddy, because you know what you did to me."
"Bill Cosby didn't speak for himself, he didn't speak out loud about how his experience was. He didn't apologize once again to all the victims," she said. "I would say to him personally, you've got a whole lot of nerve coming out and smiling and giving peace signs."
Dickinson said that she hoped "Mr. Cosby would say I'm sorry, but that's never going to happen."
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