Piper Rockelle’s mom sued for $22m by 11 kids from her daughter’s ‘squad’ who claim abuse
The mother of YouTube star Piper Rockelle, 15, is facing allegations that she has emotionally and physically abused children, including touching their buttocks and even sending her daughter’s underwear to a male fan to “get it over with.” to smell’.
In a complaint filed in January 2022, 11 teens from the “Piper Squad” say Tiffany Smith, 41, would cause distress and urge the minors to do everything from attempting oral sex to wearing revealing clothing to avoid “bulges.” accentuate.
Smith, who reportedly bragged by saying she “creates child pornography,” encouraged the minors to be “sexy” and subjected them to “harassment, molestation and abuse,” the indictment said.
Sawyer Sharbino, Donlad Dougher, Corrine Joy, Connor Cain, Symonne Harrison, Ayden Mekus, Hayden Haas, Walker Bryant, Sophia Fergi, Claire Rocksmith and Reese Rocksmith areking for $2 million from Smith and her boyfriend Hunter Hill.
Rockelle has over 10 million subscribers on YouTube and then some outlets report that her net worth is somewhere near $3 million.
Tiffany Smith, the mother of YouTube star Piper Rockelle, 15, faces allegations that she emotionally and physically abused children, including touching their buttocks and even sending her daughter’s underwear to a male fan
In a complaint filed in January 2022, 11 teenagers from the “Piper Squad” say 41-year-old Tiffany Smith allegedly deliberately inflicted suffering on the group while producing content for Piper’s YouTube account.
Rockelle in front of her home in Los Angeles, California in a January 2021 video
According to the defendants, Smith would deliberately exploit the children on her daughter’s YouTube page and make increasingly disturbing comments to them.
In the nearly 150-page complaint, the group of teens and children described the alleged abuse they suffered at the hands of Smith.
The group called the YouTube stage mom a “mean control freak” and said she often made awkward comments about them and their private body parts.
Haas was reportedly asked by Smith if his ‘balls have dropped yet’ and ‘how long is it’ [referring to his penis]?’
They say she would make obscene and explicit comments about genitals, encouraging them to be “sexy” and “sexually aggressive.”
One video posted on Rockelle’s YouTube page two years ago shows eight teens in a “last to stop kissing” game where $10,000 was offered to the winners. That video currently has 10 million views.
The mother also allegedly repeatedly told Fergi that she “had no breasts” and that she was “so flat.”
Smith is also accused of touching the children on their legs, thighs and buttocks.
One of the 11 defendants also alleges that Smith sent her own teenage daughter’s “dirty workout bras and panties” to an unknown man, saying, “old men like to smell this stuff.’
She allegedly ordered the young boys to take off their shirts and said ‘sex sells’ while asking one of the girls if they ‘knew what a dildo was for’.
Some of the plaintiffs also allege in their complaint that they were not paid for their appearances on her page and for promoting Rockelle’s content.
According to the group, Smith would exploit her daughter’s children on YouTube
Hayden Haas (left) and Ayden Mekus (right) are both former members of ‘Piper’s Squad’
Corinne Joy (left) and Connor Cain, two of the other plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Smith
Symonne Harrison (left) and Donlad Dougher (right) are both involved in the lawsuit against Smith
Walker Bryant (left) and Sophia Fergi (right), both plaintiffs in the case
Reese and Claire Rocksmith are both involved in the lawsuit and are Rockelle’s cousins
Sawyer Sharbino is one of 11 minors named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit
Elliana Walmsley, Claire Rock Smith, Emily Dobson, Piper Rockelle, Symonne Harrison, Lev Cameron, Hayden Haas, Sawyer Sharbino, Ayden Mekus, Jentzen Ramirez and Connor Cain at a 2020 charity event. Rock Smith, Harrison, Haas, Sharbino, Mekus , and Cain are involved in the lawsuit against Rockelle’s mother
The group called the YouTube stage mom (right) a “mean control freak” and said she often made awkward comments about the kids
Rockelle, seen here, is only 15 years old. The group says her mother would make obscene and explicit comments about genitals and encourage them to be ‘sexy’ and ‘sexually aggressive’
Ashley Anne-Rock Smith, whose daughters Claire and Reese are both plaintiffs and cousins of Rockelle, said she wants her children to feel “peace” again.
“I just want peace back with my kids,” Rock Smith said in an interview with NBC.
The mother also said she wants to take action against YouTube’s policies regarding children and their accounts.
“I want all predators that hurt young children to be brought to justice,” Rock Smith said. “I also hope we move the needle on those platforms that allow this.”
“As kids, they don’t understand, sometimes it’s beyond them,” Steevy Areeco, Corinne’s mom, told NBC.
“But now they’re older and they’re starting to understand the trauma caused, the things that were said to them, this fake crush,” Areeco said.
The lawsuit specifically names Rock’s friend Hill as the director and editor of Rockelle’s YouTube account.
YouTube states that it takes no responsibility for the behavior of its creators.
“We all love YouTube and it’s a great place, but if someone is using it as a business and bringing in other kids, those people should maintain a certain standard,” Areeco told NBC News.
Some outlets indicate that Rockelle has a net worth of $3 million
The group claims they were asked to stage romances and ‘crush’ on other members of the ‘squad’ despite all of them being underage
Rockelle’s YouTube page has over 10 million followers
“We want there to be protection for the children,” Areeco said.
DailyMail.com reached out to YouTube for comment on the pending lawsuit, but had not heard back at time of publication.
Smith sued in July for $30 million, claiming the plaintiffs’ mothers fabricated the charges to blackmail her.
She later dropped the lawsuit, and lawyers representing the plaintiffs called the lawsuit “unfounded.”
In 2022, YouTube demonetized Rockelle’s channel after Insider filed a request about the pending lawsuit. The status change makes the page ineligible for ad revenue.
Rockelle is still making money from merchandise and her current US tour.
Prior to the demonetization, it is unknown how much the teen was making from her videos. However, some YouTube creators can earn more than $25,000 per million views recently report.