The self-described “madam” mom of a teen YouTube sensation who was sued for allegedly abusing nearly a dozen of her daughter’s young co-creators and not compensating them for their work reached a settlement with the kids, a new report said.
Tiffany Smith, the mother of 17-year-old YouTube sensation Piper Rockelle, agreed to settle earlier this week after the 11 alleged victims, who are all still minors, slapped her with a $22 million civil suit in early 2022, the Daily Mail reported.
The momager — who allegedly once bragged about being the “madam” or “pimp” of YouTube and that she made “kiddie porn” — had been accused of sexually, physically and emotionally abusing the group of teens, according to court papers.
“My youth was stripped away at a very young age because of Tiffany Rockelle,” one of the teen girls told the outlet in a statement announcing the settlement.
The exact details of the agreement weren’t immediately clear.
The alleged victim insisted, though, that the suit was “never about money.”
“It was to make sure she couldn’t do what she did to me to another kid,” the teen girl said.
The young content creators had accused Smith of making gross sexual remarks about their bodies when they starred on Rockelle’s channel as part of the “Piper Squad” — including asking how long one of the boys’ penises was, whether one had a “bunch of freckles on his d–k” and calling one of the girls flat-chested.
She was also accused of touching their legs, thighs and buttocks inappropriately, the lawsuit charged.
In other disturbing incidents, the suit claimed Smith frequently spanked the young YouTubers’ butts, once tried to spit in a girl’s mouth, would talk to them about sex or oral sex and encouraged the teens to be sexually aggressive during video shoots.
The mother even once made out with her own daughter to “teach her how to ‘kiss’” and mailed Rockelle’s “soiled training bras and panties” to a stranger because “old men like to smell this stuff,” the court filing claimed.
The teens also alleged in the suit that they were never compensated for the millions of dollars they helped Rockelle and Smith make — despite acknowledging they weren’t ever promised payment.
Matt Sarelson, the attorney representing the youngsters, praised the 11 youngsters in the wake of the settlement being reached.
“They’re smart and brave. What they went through was grotesque. I look forward to watching them thrive as young adults,” Sarelson, a partner at Dhillon Law Group, told the outlet.
Meanwhile, the mom of one of the teen boys, added: “We didn’t pursue this lawsuit to change the industry, but to bring awareness that predators can be found in any field, this was about holding the person who harmed our kids accountable.”
The Post reached out to Smith and the law firm repping the teens about the settlement but didn’t hear back immediately.
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