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A yearslong case involving the mother of a popular YouTube star and 11 teen content creators who accused her of abuse and exploitation came to an end Tuesday after the parties reached a $1.85 million settlement, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs. Tiffany Smith was sued in January 2022 by the group of teenagers who were regularly featured on her daughter Piper Rockelle’s popular YouTube channel, which at the time had 8.85 million followers.
An attorney for Smith and Hill declined to comment. In the December 2022 interview with the Times, Hill denied claims of abuse in the lawsuit and told it he didn’t understand why the plaintiffs were so upset because “these kids were making more money than my mom makes in an entire year.” Smith also said that once the channels were monetized, the creators were earning “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” The 11 young creators were on Rockelle’s channel as part of a cast known as the “Piper Squad.
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