Smokey Robinson Slams Sexual Assault Lawsuit As He Firmly Denies Allegations

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Smokey Robinson is firmly denying nan sexual battle allegations made against him.

Robinson’s attorney, Christopher Frost, released a connection connected behalf of his client, to Fox News Digital, suggesting that nan claims are a maneuver to extort money from nan Motown legend, arsenic he pointed to inconsistencies and questionable timelines successful nan plaintiffs' accounts.

Robinson's woman of 25 years, Frances, was besides accused of perpetuating a "hostile activity environment."

SMOKEY ROBINSON ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BY FORMER HOUSEKEEPERS IN $50M LAWSUIT

Smokey Robinson wears maroon suit connected stage

Smokey Robinson, legendary Motown singer, faces superior allegations arsenic 4 erstwhile housekeepers writer him for $50 million, claiming intersexual assault. (Lester Cohen)

"We are responding connected behalf of our clients Smokey and Frances Robinson. We will person much to opportunity successful nan coming days arsenic we make our legal response, and successful clip Mr. Robinson will respond successful his ain words," Frost explained.

"As this lawsuit progresses, nan grounds (the important constituent that guides us) will show that this is simply an disfigured method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon--$50 cardinal dollars, to beryllium exact."

Robinson, 85, was accused of intersexual misconduct and mendacious imprisonment Tuesday successful a suit revenge by 4 anonymous erstwhile employees, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

Singer Smokey Robinson wears achromatic tuxedo

Four erstwhile labor revenge a $50 cardinal intersexual misconduct suit against Smokey Robinson. (Michael Buckner)

Frost’s connection continued, "Through this process we person seen nan bizarre theatrics of [Tuesday's] news conference, arsenic nan plaintiffs’ attorneys outlined vile, mendacious allegations against Mr. and Mrs. Robinson."

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Robinson is accused of harassing and assaulting his erstwhile housekeepers who worked astatine his Chatsworth location betwixt 2006 and 2024, according to nan suit. 

Frost concluded his connection pinch his ineligible team’s adjacent moves, which will see a general petition to disregard nan lawsuit.

Smokey Robinson successful a sparkly achromatic suit overgarment and achromatic pants and garment smiles connected nan reddish carpet adjacent to woman Frances Robinson successful a rose-gold sparkly dress

Smokey Robinson's 2nd wife, Frances Robinson, was besides accused successful nan lawsuit. (Frazer Harrison)

"We will besides beryllium asking nan Court to reside that successful their statements to nan property astir Mr. Robinson, nan plaintiff’s attorneys person reached beyond nan bounds of liberties that moreover lawyers are typically allowed successful this context," nan connection read.

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"We will person much to opportunity connected this matter, arsenic we fiercely take sides our clients against these mendacious allegations and activity to protect their bully names."

In summation to nan allegations against Robinson, his woman Frances has been nether occurrence for allegedly perpetuating a toxic activity environment. 

Motown fable Smokey Robinson smiling connected nan carpet astatine nan American Music Awards successful 2022

Smokey Robinson’s attorney, Christopher Frost, has suggested that nan claims are a maneuver to extort money from nan Motown legend. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

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The accusers claimed Frances "failed to return nan due corrective action to forestall Defendant Smokey Robinson’s deviant misconduct" contempt having "full knowledge of his anterior acts of sexual misconduct, having settled cases pinch different women that suffered and knowledgeable akin intersexual assaults perpetuated by him."

According to nan lawsuit, 1 of nan 4 accusers, Jane Doe 1 worked for nan Motown fable from January 2023 done February 2024 but was forced to resign owed to Robinson's "repeated intersexual assaults and intersexual harassment against her."

Smokey Robinson performing successful 1980

Smokey Robinson performs unrecorded circa 1980. (Leni Sinclair/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

She claimed Robinson sexually assaulted her "at slightest 7 times" while she was employed by nan family. She was unwilling to study nan incidents owed to "her fearfulness of losing her livelihood, familial reprisal, nationalist embarrassment, shame… nan imaginable adverse effect connected her migration status…"

"Plaintiffs were severely harmed and humiliated by Defendant Smokey Robinson’s conduct," nan women claimed successful their lawsuit. 

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In summation to intersexual artillery and assault, nan 4 women sued for negligence, intentional infliction of affectional distress, gender unit and a number of labour codification violations.

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.

Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and connected Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.

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