Kanye West's Bill Cosby Tweet & Twitter Reaction

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Kanye West has created another uproar on Twitter, this time sending out a tweet saying that comedian Bill Cosby is innocent, an apparent reference to the sexual assault charges filed against him in Pennsylvania and the rape allegations made by several women.

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/697199554807099394

The tweet was liked more than 20,000 times and retweeted 19,000 times in the first hour after it was posted. It remained up at 7:15 p.m. Eastern.

He followed that tweet with these:

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/697206842666131456

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/697210697986547712

Here is some of the reactions to the tweet:

https://twitter.com/erikmal/status/697201169555271680