Comedian Tiffany Haddish responds to sexual abuse lawsuit Instagram: tiffanyhaddishComedian and actress Tiffany Haddish has responded to sexual abuse allegations against her in a statement on social media. On August 30, a 22-year-old woman identified as Jane Doe sued Tiffany in California\u2019s Superior Court for Los Angeles County, on behalf of herself and a minor identified as John Doe, her younger brother. In court documents obtained by People, Jane claimed that the actress \u201cgroomed\u201d the plaintiffs, leaving them \u201ctraumatized for life.\u201d Jane alleges that when she was 14, Tiffany took her to the taping of a \u201csexually suggestive Subways commercial\u201d and allegedly instructed her how to perform inappropriate sexual acts. Tiffany has now spoken out for the first time since she was named in the molestation lawsuit, releasing a statement on Instagram on September 5. Tiffany Haddish responds to sexual abuse lawsuit In the statement, Tiffany wrote: \u201cI know people have a bunch of questions. I get it. I\u2019m right there with you. Unfortunately, because there is an ongoing legal case, there\u2019s very little that I can say right now.\u201d \u201cBut,\u201d she continued, \u201cclearly, while this sketch was intended to be comedic, it wasn\u2019t funny at all \u2013 and I deeply regret having agreed to act in it. I really look forward to being able to share a lot more about this situation as soon as I can.\u201d The comedian\u2019s lawyer Andrew Brettler, categorically denied the claims presented in the lawsuit. In a statement made to Vanity Fair about the lawsuit, he said the plaintiff\u2019s mother \u201chas been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms. Haddish for several years.\u201d \u201cEvery attorney who has initially taken on her case \u2014 and there were several \u2014 ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms. Haddish would not be shaken down,\u201d he said. He continued: \u201cNow, Ms. Morris has her adult daughter representing herself in this lawsuit. The two of them will together face the consequences of pursuing this frivolous action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comedian Tiffany Haddish responds to sexual abuse lawsuit Instagram: tiffanyhaddishComedian and actress Tiffany Haddish has responded to sexual abuse allegations against her in a statement on social media. On August 30, a 22-year-old woman identified as Jane Doe sued Tiffany in California\u2019s Superior Court for Los Angeles County, on behalf of herself and a minor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}