Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears reportedly sued following allegations of sexual abuse against minors

nme.com:

This story includes discussion of alleged sexual abuse involving minorsAmerican comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears have been accused of reportedly sexually abusing a pair of siblings when they were children, with one of them – now an adult – filing a lawsuit against the comedians earlier this week; representatives for both Haddish and Spears have denied the accusations.Neither sibling is named in the lawsuit – which as The Daily Beast reported, was filed on Monday (August 29) – detailing them as Jane and John Doe.

It was reportedly filed by the former sibling (now aged 22), who is representing the case pro se for herself and her underaged brother (now 15).

The filing alleges that Haddish and Spears recruited the children to perform inappropriate acts in video projects.Speaking to The Daily Beast, the siblings’ mother claimed that she and Haddish had bonded over comedy and got “really, really super, super close” when the mother and her husband were going through a divorce.

It’s said that Haddish became similarly close with the Doe children, who allegedly referred to them as her “niece” and nephew” while they called her “Auntie Tiff”.According to the publication, the lawsuit describes an incident between Haddish and Jane sometime after the summer of 2013 – when it’s said that Jane was 14 years old – with Haddish allegedly recruiting Jane to star in a “commercial”.