A topless protester who charged at Bill Cosby as he arrived at his sexual-assault retrial Monday morning has been identified as Nicolle Rochelle, a 39-year-old actress who appeared in four episodes of The Cosby Show.Rochelle jumped over a barricade outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in suburban Philadelphia and got within a few feet of the comedian, 80, who has been charged with drugging and molesting a woman in 2004.
Rochelle, a resident of Little Falls, New Jersey, was obstructed by policemen and charged with disorderly conduct.
Actress Nicolle Rochelle, who appeared on several episodes of “The Cosby Show,” protests topless as Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse
Femen leader, Inna Shevchenko, said that Rochelle was defending the alleged victims and called her protest the group’s “contribution to the global revolt launched by #MeToo.”
Femen was founded in Ukraine in 2009, and its members have protested, often topless, against people and institutions that they believe oppress women.
