Tiffany Haddish

A lawsuit alleges Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears recruited children into performing sexually inappropriate acts for a comedy sketch.

The mother said she spent a week trying to obtain the footage from Spears and Haddish. “When that happened, the only thing I could feel was how I felt in my video with Tiffany,” Jane said. It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence.” “I tried to mimic what they wanted me to mimic, but it still came out just super uncomfortable,” Jane said to The Daily Beast. Jane was paid $100 for the shoot, according to The Daily Beast, and never spoke out about the experience. “Haddish verbally explained what was expected of Plaintiff Jane Doe,” the lawsuit reads. In 2013, Haddish informed the family that she had found a “perfect role” for their daughter, Jane Doe, in a commercial she was filming. When this made Jane uncomfortable, she fell silent until Haddish returned to the room and reiterated the request. Jane Doe told Daily Beast reporter Laura Bradley: “As an adult, I have the power to protect my little brother now and have the power to do something about what happened to him. According to The Daily Beast, the siblings’ mother negotiated a settlement in 2019, but that agreement allegedly does not bind Haddish or the siblings. Haddish is further accused of negligent supervision/failure to warn, breach of fiduciary duty, and constructive fraud. [Tiffany Haddish](https://www.indiewire.com/t/tiffany-haddish/) and [Aries Spears](https://www.indiewire.com/t/aries-spears/) have been accused of child sexual abuse in a new lawsuit.

Comedians Tiffany Haddish, 42, and Aries Spears, 47, groomed and sexually abused siblings during their childhoods, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

“It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence.” Haddish was present during the filming of the entire video and aided, abetted, and watched Spears sexually molest a child,” according to the lawsuit. In 2014, the “Girls Trip” star allegedly approached the children’s mother again to recruit John for what she said would be a reel to get him on Nickelodeon. [according to a report in the Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/comedians-tiffany-haddish-and-aries-spears-accused-of-child-sexual-abuse?ref=scroll). He said that the plaintiff’s mother “has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms. Haddish is also accused of negligent supervision/failure to warn, breach of fiduciary duty, and constructive fraud.

A strange and disturbing new lawsuit alleges comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears coerced a 7-year-old boy and his 14-year-old sister to appear in ...

The paperwork states John Doe rarely leaves his home and “places BandAids over the cameras on his electronics for fear of being watched or recorded.” It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence.” A year later in 2014, Haddish and Spears allegedly brought both siblings to another video shoot at Spears’ residence. The video purportedly ended with a title card reading, ‘WATCH WHO YOU LEAVE YOUR KIDS WITH!” A woman who answered the phone number listed on the complaint declined to comment Thursday. Every attorney who has initially taken on her case — and there were several — ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless, and Ms.

Girls Trip actress and fellow comedian Aries Spears are being accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit.

You can read through The Daily Beast’s article to learn what specifically unfolded, but the whole affair ended with John in tears and his mother wondering what had happened. Jane’s attempts to mimic these actions came off as “super uncomfortable,” and Haddish allegedly just paid her $100 and sent the girl home, and Jane didn’t tell her mother what had happened at the time. Tiffany Haddish is said to have met Jane and John Doe’s mother through the comedy circuit, and Haddish developed a friendly relationship with the children. The children were separated during the shoot, which took place at Aries Spears’ home, and John’s portion of the shoot saw him spending most of it in his underwear in front of Spears, who, among other things, allegedly put baby oil on the kid’s back. Instead, Haddish and Aries Spears allegedly had Jane watch a clip of “a group of coeds were arguing over a subway sandwich,” but this led to the individuals in the clip “moaning and making sexual noises as they both ate the sandwich in a manner that simulated the act of fellatio,” according to the lawsuit. [the well-reviewed comedy Girls Trip](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1680269/Girls-Trip-Has-Screened-Heres-What-Critics-Think), which co-starred Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah.

A Jane Doe and her younger brother allege in a new lawsuit that the comics recruited them into performing inappropriate, sexually suggestive acts in ...

“As an adult, I have the power to protect my little brother now and have the power to do something about what happened to him,” Jane said. “For months, I used to sit in my closet and cry until I fell asleep,” the mother said. “I felt like God knows what happened to him and I wasn’t there to protect him,” she said. “I wanted [Tiffany] to see the error of her ways, and I wanted her to do the right thing as far as helping with the therapy, and with the kids and stuff. “To find out that she had violated such a sacred trust—I trusted her with my children—that is what pushed me over the edge.” Both Jane and John continue to live with the trauma of what they endured, the lawsuit states. “Haddish verbally explained what was expected of Plaintiff Jane Doe and then showed Plaintiff Jane Doe how to give fellatio, including movements, noises, moaning, and groaning,” the lawsuit states. The Daily Beast has reviewed a recording of the video, in which Haddish plays the boy’s guardian and leaves him with Spears—who plays a pedophile. “I tried to mimic what they wanted me to mimic, but it still came out just super uncomfortable,” Jane told the Daily Beast. The clip Spears and Haddish asked Jane to watch in the recording booth allegedly seemed innocuous at first, if a little strange: a group of coeds were arguing over a subway sandwich. We just got really, really super, super close.” According to the lawsuit, Haddish called the family for “every birthday and every Christmas.” The siblings’ mother noted that for years, Haddish reliably checked in—whether that be from a movie set or overseas. Their mother alleges that she and Haddish met through comedy and bonded over a shared source of strife: “We were both going through a divorce,” the mother told The Daily Beast.

The pair are being accused of "intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse of a ...

Doe called his mother crying, saying he did not want to film anymore.” Jane and John’s mother says she asked Spears to show her the footage that had been shot, but “Spears allegedly kept repeating that it had not yet been edited. The lawsuit seeks “general and special damages, as well as ‘any appropriate statutory damages.’” In her own incident, Jane Doe describes (both in the suit, and in an interview with The Daily Beast), being brought to a recording booth and shown a video of two college students suggestively eating a subway sandwich, and was then asked to mimic the sounds and motions. Spears sprays baby oil onto the child’s back and massages it into his shoulders in one scene, and at another point the child plays with a train in a manner that suggests phallic masturbation. A year later, Haddish allegedly approached the family again, claiming to want to film a “Nickelodeon sizzle reel” for John. In the lawsuit, Jane Doe—now the legal guardian of her younger brother—describes both of the sketches, which the siblings were reportedly recruited for due to a friendship between their mother and Haddish.

The lawsuit accuses Haddish and Spears of recruiting two siblings to perform indecent acts for comedy sketches that were filmed in 2013 and 2014.

The complaint alleges that Haddish "insinuated she wanted no part of the Spears settlement agreement via text." The lawsuit also alleges that in July 2018, the mother of the plaintiffs attempted to engage in a settlement with Spears concerning the video of John. The plaintiffs also allege that Haddish was present during the filming of the video. The settlement, according to the lawsuit, stated that in exchange for $15,000, John's mother was to "indemnify or settle out with Spears for what he did to Mr. When the scene was over, the plaintiff alleges that Haddish paid her $100 and sent her home. Every attorney who has initially taken on her case — and there were several — ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms.

Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are being sued by siblings who say the comedians made them perform sexually suggestive acts on camera when they were ...

In addition, the complaint asserts that the settlement is not legally binding for Jane and John because they had no court-appointed representative acting in their best interests as minors. It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence." The complaint alleges that the shoot took place in Spears' home and both siblings attended, though Jane was told to stay downstairs while John was filmed upstairs. The siblings claim that they used to call Haddish "Auntie Tiff," and that she called them her "niece" and "nephew." Spears then allegedly told Jane "to mimic what she had seen on the screen, including the noises precisely like what she heard throughout the video." Andrew Brettler, Haddish's attorney, said in a statement that the plaintiff's mother "has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms.

A 22-year-old woman claims she and her younger brother were sexually abused by Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears when they were children.

Haddish was present during the filming of the entire video and aided, abetted, and watched Spears sexually molest a child." The lawsuit claims Haddish originally told the kids’ mother the video would be something to help him get on Nickelodeon. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl) "Funny Or Die found this video absolutely disgusting and would never produce such content," the comedy website told TMZ. "Every attorney who has initially taken on her case – and there were several – ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms. The plaintiff’s mother, Trizah Morris, "has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms.

A woman and her younger brother have accused comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears in a new lawsuit of grooming them when they were children and ...

Haddish said she did not have a copy of the footage, the lawsuit alleged, but said it was meant to be a funny skit. "It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence.” The two appeared to moan and make "sexual noises as they both ate the sandwich in a manner that simulated the act of fellatio," the lawsuit said. In the final scene, the child is "portrayed as leering lustfully" at Spears, who is wearing only shorts, before beginning to rub oil onto his body, the lawsuit said. "She only said it was a sizzle reel for Nickelodeon," the suit stated. In 2013, Haddish appeared as a guest speaker at a summer camp Jane, then 14, attended, the lawsuit said.

Tiffany Haddish's attorney has categorically denied all allegations of child sexual abuse levelled at her and comedian Aries Spears.

The mother also filed a police report against Haddish and Spears in January 2020, but nothing came of this, according to The Daily Beast. This was posted onto the Funny or Die website but later taken down. "Now, Ms. Morris has her adult daughter representing herself in this lawsuit. In the first alleged incident, Jane claims that Haddish and Spears encouraged her to mimic fellatio on camera for a skit in 2013. Brettler also suggested that the mother and daughter who made the allegations will now "together face the consequences of pursuing this frivolous action."

Fellow comedian Aries Spears has also been named in the lawsuit.

It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence.” Haddish is also being sued for negligence supervision/failure to warn, breach of fiduciary duty, and constructive fraud. “Funny Or Die found this video absolutely disgusting and would never produce such content,” the website told The claim continues that Haddish allegedly showed Jane Doe how to perform inappropriate sexual acts. Every attorney who has initially taken on her case — and there were several — ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms. [People](https://people.com/movies/tiffany-haddish-sued-for-molestation-lawyer-says-claims-are-bogus/)), Brettler said that the plaintiff’s mother, Trizah Morris, “has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms.

Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are facing a lawsuit alleging child sex abuse that Haddish's lawyer has dubbed "bogus."

In another instance, the plaintiffs allege Haddish brought Jane Doe to a "sexually suggestive" commercial shoot in the summer of 2013, during which she said Haddish and Spears coached Jane Doe on how to mimic oral sex. Haddish rose to fame after her 2017 role in "Girls Trip" and has since starred in a slew of films, television shows and comedy specials. Spears is a writer and comedian who holds the record for second-longest running cast member on the sketch comedy show "MADtv." It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence." "We were not involved with the conceptualization, development, funding, or production of this video. Haddish for several years," Haddish's lawyer Andrew Brettler said in a statement shared with USA TODAY.