{"id":24149,"date":"2025-05-08T06:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/smokey-robinsons-lawyer-slams-vile-and-false-sexual-assault-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:27:20","slug":"smokey-robinsons-lawyer-slams-vile-and-false-sexual-assault-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/smokey-robinsons-lawyer-slams-vile-and-false-sexual-assault-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokey Robinson\u2019s Lawyer Slams \u2018Vile\u2019 and \u2018False\u2019 Sexual Assault Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A lawyer for Smokey Robinson said late Wednesday that the sexual assault allegations against the Motown singer were \u201cvile\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d and that a lawsuit filed by the four women making the accusations was an attempt to extract millions of dollars from him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The women worked as Mr. Robinson\u2019s housekeepers, and their lawsuit accuses him of abusing them dozens of times. The suit, which identifies the women only as Jane Does 1 through 4, says Mr. Robinson raped them repeatedly while his wife, Frances, who is a co-defendant, turned a blind eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement provided to The New York Times, Mr. Robinson\u2019s lawyer,<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>Christopher Frost, called the suit \u201can ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe ask anyone following this case to reserve judgment as the evidence comes to light and all the actual facts of the case unfold,\u201d Mr. Frost said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lawsuit, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/06\/us\/smokey-robinson-sexual-assault-lawsuit.html\" title=\"\">which was filed on Tuesday<\/a> in Superior Court in Los Angeles, says that three of the women feared reporting Mr. Robinson to the authorities because of their immigration status. \u201cAs low-wage workers in vulnerable positions, they lacked the resources and options necessary to protect themselves from sexual assaults throughout their tenure as employees for the Robinsons,\u201d their lawyer, John Harris, said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lawsuit goes into graphic detail about the abuse claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Robinson, it alleges, would drop off his wife at a nail salon and rush home to assault one of the women while she was alone in the Robinsons\u2019 house in Chatsworth, a Los Angeles neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A second woman, the suit says, was sexually assaulted at least 23 times during the six years she worked for the Robinsons, from 2014 to 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The suit says that a third woman, who worked for the Robinsons from 2012 to 2024, was sexually assaulted at least 20 times. The fourth plaintiff, who says she worked for the couple from 2006 until April 2024, said she was sexually assaulted by Mr. Robinson at the Chatsworth house and at several of his other homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The women\u2019s lawyers have not said whether their clients intend to pursue criminal charges. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, which covers the area where the lawsuit notes that the assaults occurred, said it had not opened an investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his statement, Mr. Frost said that he and his legal team would soon ask a judge to dismiss the lawsuit and would \u201chave more to say on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Robinson and the musical group he led, the Miracles, were Motown royalty, writing and performing some of the biggest hits in the record company\u2019s catalog. Either alone or with others, he wrote a slew of classic songs: \u201cShop Around,\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ve Really Got a Hold on Me,\u201d \u201cThe Tracks of My Tears,\u201d \u201cGoing to a Go-Go,\u201d \u201cI Second That Emotion\u201d and \u201cThe Tears of a Clown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He also wrote or co-wrote songs for other artists, including \u201cMy Girl,\u201d which was a hit for the Temptations, and \u201cMy Guy,\u201d for Mary Wells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Robinson has been honored by the Recording Academy, the Kennedy Center and the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He recently released a new album titled \u201cWhat the World Needs Now\u201d and has been on a media blitz to promote it. He is next scheduled to perform on Friday in Biloxi, Miss., at a 1,600-seat casino theater. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Orlando Mayorqu\u00edn<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/08\/us\/smokey-robinson-sexual-assault-lawyer.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawyer for Smokey 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