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Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears’ attorneys some denied allegations that their clients allegedly groomed and molested underage children.
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Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are denying allegations that claim they groomed 2 underage children and coerced them into filming sexually explicit skits.
According to tribunal documents obtained by E! News, the comedians are being sued by 2 siblings, referred to arsenic Jane and John Doe, who accidental they've been "traumatized for life" aft participating successful sexually graphic videos.
The suit claims the 2 comedians took vantage of the alleged victims "and stole the younker of a 7-year-old kid and a 14-year-old child."
In a connection to NBC News, Haddish's lawyer Andrew Brettler said the plaintiff's parent had "been trying to asseverate these bogus claims against Ms. Haddish for respective years."
Calling the allegations "meritless," Brettler said Haddish had antecedently shown she "would not beryllium shaken down."
"Now, (the accuser's mother) has her big girl representing herself successful this lawsuit," Brettler added. "The 2 of them volition unneurotic look the consequences of pursuing this frivolous action."
Spears' lawyer Debra Opri said successful a connection to E! News that her lawsuit "isn't going to autumn for immoderate shakedown." E! News has reached retired to the plaintiff's lawyer for remark and hasn't heard back.
In the lawsuit, unfortunate Jane Doe alleged Haddish coached her successful giving simulated fellatio for a sandwich video.
For a abstracted project, unfortunate John Doe said helium was told helium would beryllium portion of a sizzle existent for Nickelodeon. In tribunal documents, John said helium aboriginal stripped "down to his underwear" for a skit titled "Through A Pedophiles Eyes" astir a kid being near with a man.
In the lawsuit, the victims allege that the molestation video was uploaded and published to the website "Funny oregon Die" successful 2014. They assertion the footage was not removed from the net until May 2021.
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"The Plaintiffs were some minors and were incapable of consenting to enactment successful sexually graphic videos distributed and published via 'Funny oregon Die's' platform," the suit stated. "There was nary genitor oregon guardian present."
While Funny oregon Die is not named arsenic a suspect successful the case, a spokesperson for the level released a connection to NBC News. "Funny Or Die recovered this video perfectly disgusting and would ne'er nutrient specified content," the connection read. "We were not progressive with the conceptualization, development, backing oregon accumulation of this video. It was uploaded to the tract arsenic user-generated contented and was removed successful 2018 instantly aft becoming alert of its existence."
The suit alleges that some victims person developed societal disorders. They are suing Haddish and Spears for damages and asking for a assemblage trial.
The Daily Beast was archetypal to report the suit.
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