Smokey Robinson is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division after he was accused of sexual assault by 4 nameless former workers.
On Thursday, the sheriff’s division confirmed that it has opened an investigation into the allegations made towards the 85-year-old singer in a lawsuit filed final Tuesday.
“The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau is actively investigating criminal allegations involving William Robinson aka ‘Smokey Robinson.’ The investigation is in the early stages, and we have no further comment,” a consultant for the LASD stated in an announcement shared with Fox Information Digital.
Robinson’s lawyer, Christopher Frost, responded in an announcement to Fox Information Digital, writing, “We are aware that a police report has now been filed by the Plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit. It is clear to us what is happening here. Plaintiffs filed a police report only after they filed a $50 million lawsuit.”
He continued, “This means only that the police are now required to investigate. We welcome that investigation, which involves Plaintiffs who continue to hide their identities, because exposure to the truth is a powerful thing.”
“We feel confident that a determination will be made that Mr. Robinson did nothing wrong, and that this is a desperate attempt to prejudice public opinion and make even more of a media circus than the Plaintiffs were previously able to create,” Frost added.
“The record will ultimately demonstrate that this is nothing more than a manufactured lawsuit intended to tarnish the good names of Smokey and Frances Robinson, for no other reason than unadulterated avarice.”
Robinson was accused of assaulting and raping 4 former housekeepers who labored at his Chatsworth house between 2006 and 2024, in line with the lawsuit.
The accusers are in search of $50 million in damages.
Along with the allegations towards Robinson, his spouse Frances has been beneath fireplace for allegedly perpetuating a poisonous work surroundings.
The accusers claimed Frances “failed to take the appropriate corrective action to prevent Defendant Smokey Robinson’s deviant misconduct” regardless of having “full knowledge of his prior acts of sexual misconduct, having settled cases with other women that suffered and experienced similar sexual assaults perpetuated by him.”
In response to the lawsuit, one of many 4 accusers, Jane Doe 1 labored for the Motown legend from January 2023 via February 2024 however was compelled to resign on account of Robinson’s “repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment against her.”
She claimed Robinson sexually assaulted her “at least 7 times” whereas she was employed by the household. She was unwilling to report the incidents on account of “her fear of losing her livelihood, familial reprisal, public embarrassment, shame… the possible adverse effect on her immigration status…”
“Plaintiffs were severely harmed and humiliated by Defendant Smokey Robinson’s conduct,” the ladies claimed of their lawsuit.
Along with sexual battery and assault, the 4 girls sued for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional misery, gender violence and various labor code violations.
Fox Information Digital’s Tracy Wright and Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.
