--- title: Raven-Symone Denies Rumors She Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Cosby description: As rumors swirled online, Raven-Symone, who was just 3 when she began appearing on 'The Cosby Show,' took to Instagram to deny the claims canonical: https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-20T18:50:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:19.611Z og:title: Raven-Symone Denies Rumors She Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Cosby og:description: "I was practically a baby on that show" og:url: https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Raven-Symone Denies Rumors She Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Cosby twitter:description: "I was practically a baby on that show" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Raven-Symone Denies Rumors She Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Cosby ## Video: See Bill Cosby's Only Public Comment on Rape Allegations [Watch (HLS stream): See Bill Cosby's Only Public Comment on Rape Allegations](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5EZrnNYI.m3u8) (4:13)  _Published 2014-11-20. See Bill Cosby's Only Public Comment on Rape Allegations_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Nov 20, 2014 6:50 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Nov 20, 2014 6:50 PM UTC As [more](http://time.com/3594289/janice-dickinson-bill-cosby-accuse-assault/) and [more](http://time.com/3597790/bill-cosby-sex-assault-allegations-therese-serignese/) women have come forward to [accuse comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault](http://time.com/3592547/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline/), actress Raven-Symone’s name has been pulled into the discussion. Raven-Symone, who was just three years old when she began appearing on _The Cosby Show_, took to Instagram on Wednesday to deny the claims swirling online. Along with a picture of herself as a child wagging a finger, she writes: --- > “” --- MORE: [Here’s Everything We Know (and Don’t Know) About the Bill Cosby Rape Allegations](http://time.com/3592547/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/"},"headline":"Raven-Symone Denies Rumors She Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Cosby","datePublished":"2014-11-20T18:50:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:42:19.611Z","description":"\"I was practically a baby on that show\"","url":"https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/","keywords":["Living","Rape","Sexual Assault","celebrity","Bill Cosby"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/","name":"Raven-Symone Denies Rumors She Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Cosby"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Bill Cosby's Only Public Comment on Rape Allegations","description":"See Bill Cosby's Only Public Comment on Rape Allegations","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5EZrnNYI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-20T01:49:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5EZrnNYI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/","duration":"PT4M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3597705/raven-symone-instagram-bill-cosby/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```