Tiffany Haddish's lawyer has responded to a lawsuit against her in which she's accused of molestation.
In a complaint filed Tuesday in the California's Superior Court for Los Angeles County, a woman identified as Jane Doe sued Haddish, 42, and comedian Aries Spears, 47, on behalf of a minor identified as John Doe.
"Plaintiff's mother, Trizah Morris, has been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms. Haddish for several years," Haddish's lawyer tells PEOPLE in a statement on the lawsuit. "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. Haddish would not be shaken down."
Adds the attorney: "Now, 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."
Spears' lawyer also says in a statement shared with PEOPLE that he "isn't going to fall for any shakedown."
Jane alleges in court documents obtained by PEOPLE that Haddish "groomed" the plaintiffs, leaving them "traumatized for life."
The plaintiff claims that Haddish was "a longtime family friend" of her and John Doe's mother and that in 2013, when Jane Doe was 14, Haddish took her to the taping of a "sexually suggestive Subways commercial" that...
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