Comedian-actor Eddie Griffin said his crash of a million-dollar sports car on a California race track was real and "not a hoax" as has been reported.

Griffin was participating in a promotional charity race, sponsored by his latest film "Redline," at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway, when he didn't negotiate a curve, crashing a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo into a wall.

His injuries have been painful, he said, but adding insult to his injuries "you got crazy conspiracy theories that think it's a hoax," Griffin told "Access Hollywood."

Griffin, racing for the organization Daughters of Power, said he would not have crashed such a pricey vehicle as a public stunt. He said the car, one of only 400 in the world, gave him trouble on the speedway leading up to the accident.

Along the side of the track was a cameraman who didn't move while filming Griffin, prompting skeptics to think the crash was staged, "Access Hollywood" said.

"I remember seeing that fool," Griffin recounted. "He should've moved 'cause when that car went up in the damn air, what if it came over and you are trying to get the shot, sometimes you say 'what the hell?'"

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