Courtney Stodden is speaking out about a 2012 comedy sketch involving Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, claiming the actor repeatedly touched her breasts with a cellphone while she was still a minor.
Stodden, who was 17 when the Funny or Die video was filmed, shared a screenshot from the sketch on Instagram and said the encounter has become more troubling to her with time.
“I was 17 years old in this photo,” she wrote.
“The older I get, the more impossible this is to understand.”
According to Stodden, Alexander rubbed his phone across her chest while delivering a joke that there was “no signal” in her head but “plenty of signal” in her breasts.
She also claimed Alexander later joked that once she turned 18, he wanted to take her behind a couch and “have his way” with her.
The sketch spoofed Dr. Phil and other daytime talk shows, with Stodden appearing during the height of the media frenzy surrounding her controversial marriage to actor Doug Hutchison.
Alexander has not publicly addressed the allegations.
Stodden became a national tabloid figure after marrying Hutchison in 2011, when she was 16 and he was 51. Because she was a minor, her mother signed paperwork allowing the marriage to legally take place in Nevada.
The couple divorced in 2020 after nine years of marriage.
Stodden has since described herself as a former child bride and accused Hutchison of grooming, exploiting and verbally abusing her. Hutchison has denied the allegations, maintained that the relationship was based on love and claimed Stodden’s accusations were financially motivated.
In her Instagram post, Stodden said she did not have the power to make decisions about the Funny or Die appearance for herself.
“I was a minor. I didn’t have the legal power to decide whether I wanted to participate,” she wrote.
“The contracts were signed by adults. The paycheck went to Doug. The production moved forward. I was the only child in the room. I felt so alone.”
Stodden shared the story while advocating for California Assembly Bill 1267, which would set the minimum marriage age at 18 with no exceptions for parental or judicial approval.
The bill recently passed the California Assembly.
Stodden has argued that her own experience shows why minors should not be allowed to marry, even when parents give their permission.
At the time the 2012 sketch was released, much of the media treated the appearance as a provocative joke instead of focusing on Stodden’s age.
ABC News reportedly covered it under the headline, “Jason Alexander Gropes Courtney Stodden in ‘Funny or Die.’”
HuffPost took a more critical approach, noting that the footage made viewers want to shout, “Dude, she’s 17!”
Hmmmmm 14 YEARS LATER ? Sounds like a late money-grab to me !
Who is the lawyer who told her to file this, and what %%%%% are THEY in line to get ?
‘Jus askin ?