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Tiffany Haddish, Aries Spears Sued Over Accusations Of Grooming And Molesting Two Children, Her Lawyers Call It A “Shakedown”

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Tiffany&plus;haddish&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Tiffany Haddish<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and <strong>Aries Spears<&sol;strong> are being accused of grooming and molesting two young siblings by coercing them into filming explicit skits for a &&num;8220&semi;Funny or Die&&num;8221&semi; video&period; Still&comma; Tiffany&&num;8217&semi;s legal team is calling the lawsuit nothing more than a &&num;8220&semi;shakedown&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;extortion&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The comedians are being sued by an unnamed brother and sister&comma; referred to as John Doe and Jane Doe&comma; who were seven years old and 14 years old&comma; respectively&comma; at the time of the alleged incidents&comma; according to a lawsuit obtained by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;01&sol;tiffany-haddish-aries-spears-sued-grooming-molestation-child-porn-videos&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>TMZ<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The siblings claim they&&num;8217&semi;ve been traumatized for life following the reported grooming and sexual assault&comma; with the boy accusing both Haddish and Spears of molestation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Lawsuit Claims Siblings Were Groomed&comma; Molested By Haddish And Spears For &&num;8220&semi;Comedy Skits&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The lawsuit states that the older sister said Haddish gained her trust before convincing her to perform in a sexually suggestive video&comma; where the comedienne taught the girl how to mimic fellatio&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Ch-yf80vM&lowbar;W" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TMZ reports that the younger brother was only 7 when Haddish took him to a home where she and Spears reportedly molested him while filming a &&num;8220&semi;Funny or Die&&num;8221&semi; video called &&num;8220&semi;Through a Pedophiles Eyes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Haddish&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Andrew Brettler&comma; is calling the lawsuit an extortion attempt and one that has been some time in the making&comma; telling the outlet that the &&num;8220&semi;Plaintiff&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Trizah Morris&comma; has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms&period; Haddish for several years&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Haddish&&num;8217&semi;s Attorney Calls Lawsuit &&num;8220&semi;Shakedown&&num;8221&semi; And Extortion&comma; Calls Claims &&num;8220&semi;Bogus&comma; Meritless&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Brettler went on to say that &&num;8220&semi;every attorney who has initially taken on her case&&num;8230&semi; ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Every attorney who has initially taken on her case &&num;8212&semi; and there were several &&num;8212&semi; ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms&period; Haddish would not be shaken down&period; Now&comma; Ms&period; Morris has her adult daughter representing herself in this lawsuit&period; The two of them will together face the consequences of pursuing this frivolous action&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;97651" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-97651" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-97651" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;GettyImages-1240779952&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"776" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-97651" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">NEW BRUNSWICK&comma; NJ &&num;8211&semi; MAY 19&colon; Comedian Aries Spears performs at The Stress Factory Comedy Club on May 19&comma; 2022 in New Brunswick&comma; New Jersey&period; &lpar;Photo by Bobby Bank&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Funny or Die&&num;8221&semi; has completely distanced themselves from the situation&comma; and telling TMZ &&num;8220&semi;they had no involvement in creating the video&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The website added that they found the video &&num;8220&semi;absolutely disgusting&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;would never produce such content&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;&&num;8216&semi;Funny Or Die&&num;8217&semi; found this video absolutely disgusting and would never produce such content&period; We were not involved with the conceptualization&comma; development&comma; funding&comma; or production of this video&period; It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The siblings claim Haddish had previously befriended their mother&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;86935" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-86935" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-86935" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;GettyImages-1388071200-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tiffany Haddish Corrects Reporter Who Called Her Dolce &amp&semi; Gabbana Dress &quot&semi;A Little Costume Change&quot&semi;" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"760" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-86935" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">HOLLYWOOD&comma; CALIFORNIA &&num;8211&semi; MARCH 27&colon; Tiffany Haddish attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27&comma; 2022 in Hollywood&comma; California&period; &lpar;Photo by David Livingston&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Siblings Claim Trauma In Wake Of Abuse&comma; Have Both Developed Social Disorders&comma; Lawsuit States<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The older sister states that the resulting trauma has affected her dating life&comma; as &&num;8220&semi;she&&num;8217&semi;s scared she will be taken advantage of&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;led down a path of false trust like the path that Haddish led her down&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both brother and sister allege they&&num;8217&semi;ve developed social disorders in the wake of the abuse&comma; with the boy reportedly being so paranoid of being watched or recorded that he puts band-aids over every camera he sees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The siblings are seeking unspecified damages from the comedians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The pair had said their mother had previously attempted to reach a &dollar;15&comma;000 settlement with Spears regarding the alleged molestation video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"97646" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tiffany-haddish-aries-spears-lawsuit-child-molestation&sol;" data-secure&equals;"edb4cef2ba"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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