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Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are accused of child abuse in a lawsuit

Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit. (JC Olivera/Getty Images; John Lamparski/Getty Images)

A civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by a 22-year-old woman on behalf of herself and her younger brother accuses renowned actor, comedian and author Tiffany Haddish and fellow comedian Aries Spears of abusing the plaintiffs sexually when they were both minors.

Filed using the pseudonyms "Jane Doe" and "John Doe" (the brother, born in 2007, is still a minor) the lawsuit alleges Haddish and Spears groomed the young plaintiffs and coerced them into "filming sexually explicit child pornography skits."

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