Ex-child star Alfonso Ribiero stands up for Amanda Bynes

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Last night the stars came out to the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City to support Will and Jaden Smith at the premiere of their new film After Earth.

Will’s former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Alfonso Ribeiro showed up and walked the red carpet with his wife, Angela Unkrich.

Ribiero recently appeared on NBC’s Today  during a reunion for the 1980’s hit Silver Spoons and talked about the ups and downs of being a child star.

During an interview with theGrio’s Chris Witherspoon, the 41-year-old actor weighed in on former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes’ recent erratic behavior and whether or not she can rehabilitate her career.

“I think the world has changed and I think that the reality shows believe that the world has a right to your personal life,” Ribeiro said. “I think that if we can lose the personal side of celebrities’ lives being so out there in the public, she could actually probably rehabilitate herself with whatever’s going on, if anything. How much of it is true? How much of it is sensationalized? We don’t know. And the truth lies somewhere probably in between.”

Bynes was arrested Thursday night in New York City for reportedly smoking marijuana in her apartment building. While the police were in her lobby of her building, she reportedly threw a bong out of her 36^th floor window.

After being released from jail, she took to Twitter claiming she was sexually harassed by an NYPD officer during her arrest.

“I was sexually harassed by one of the cops the night before last which is who then arrested me,” Bynes tweeted. “He lied and said I threw a bong out the window when I opened the window for fresh air. Hilarious. He slapped my vagina. Sexual harassment. Big deal.” Ribiero said he was recently watching video footage of Bynes being assaulted by a photographer.

“I watched something the other day and a photographer’s sitting there, actually assaulting her. I think that’s the side that actually has to change. Regardless of what’s she going through, regardless of what has happened to her in her life, it’s never OK to put your hands on a woman. And that guy who did that should actually be prosecuted for putting his hands on her when she’s hiding herself trying to get into her building after going to jail.”

Follow Chris Witherspoon on Twitter at @WitherspoonC