Comedian Aries Spears claims the people suing him and Tiffany Haddish for molestation and grooming are trying to “extort” them.
“Listen, obviously for legal reasons, I really can’t talk about anything at this time,” the stand-up comic, 47, said in a clip of his “Spears & Steinberg” podcast posted on Instagram Wednesday.
“But I just, more or less, want to say to all the loyal listeners, thank you guys for your support and for your love. Listen, this is an extortion case, this is a shakedown. We won’t be shaken down.”
In a lawsuit previously obtained by Page Six, siblings only identified as Jane Doe, now 22, and John Doe, now 14, claim Spears and Haddish coerced them into filming explicit skits when they were younger.
Earlier this month, the accusers’ mother told the Daily Beast that the “Girls Trip” star approached Jane at a summer camp and told her she had discovered “a perfect role” for her.
Haddish, 42, has also addressed the lawsuit, saying in a statement via Instagram, “I know people have a bunch of questions. I get it. I’m right there with you. Unfortunately, because there is an ongoing legal case, there’s very little that I can say right now.”
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