Earlier this week, we reported that Bill Cosby had been freed from prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned due to a promise a prosecutor made in 2005 that he would not be charged.

Now, the 83 year-old comedian is speaking out to deny “non-consensual” sex and “drugging” women in a series of tweets in which he also blamed the media for “pushing” that rhetoric.

“In response to the rhetoric that the media keeps pushing, Bill Cosby never admitted in his deposition testimony, or anywhere else, to non-consensual sexual contact with any woman and/or the drugging of anyone — he has never admitted to spiking drinks, as the media would like you,” Cosby began in his rant, according to Fox News.

“He has never admitted to spiking drinks, as the media would like you to believe. He has steadfastly maintained his innocence, before and after being falsely convicted of aggravated indecent assault,” the statement continued.

“Mainstream media has irresponsibly, egregiously, and inexcusably misled the public with out of context coverage regarding Bill Cosby’s deposition testimony,” Cosby concluded. “This shall serve as a grave reminder of the consequences that come with lying to the American people to satisfy an agenda.”

Cosby also included a quote from Malcolm X that read, “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”

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Cosby had served over two years of a three-to-ten year sentence for the sexual assault of Andrea Constand. An appeals court overturned the conviction this week because of a previous agreement with a prosecutor that Cosby would not be charged for this crime.

The court described Cosby’s arrest as “an affront to fundamental fairness, particularly when it results in a criminal prosecution that was forgone for more than a decade.” The court added that overturning the conviction, and barring any further prosecution, “is the only remedy that comports with society’s reasonable expectations of its elected prosecutors and our criminal justice system.”

“He was found guilty by a jury and now goes free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime,” county District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said after his release.

“I want to commend Cosby’s victim Andrea Constand for her bravery in coming forward and remaining steadfast throughout this long ordeal, as well as all of the other women who have shared similar experiences,” he added. “My hope is that this decision will not dampen the reporting of sexual assaults by victims.”