Smokey Robinson has been accused of misconduct.
4 ladies filed a lawsuit in opposition to the 85-year-old musician in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Tuesday, claiming sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence, hostile work surroundings, and extra, The Put up can affirm.
The singer’s spouse, Frances Robinson, can also be named within the lawsuit.
The ladies declare to be Robinson’s former staff, who labored as his housekeepers between 2012 and 2024, and the main points of their allegations are disturbing.
Within the courtroom paperwork obtained by The Put up, Jane Doe 1 — who mentioned she labored as a housekeeper for the couple from Jan. 3, 2023 till February 2024 — claimed the primary alleged sexual assault occurred in March 2023 and occurred “at least seven (7) times” till her resignation.
Based on his accuser, Robinson would allegedly take his spouse to the nail salon and hurry again “knowing that he would be home alone” together with her since she primarily labored on the weekends.
“Upon returning home, Defendant Smokey Robinson would call her into his blue bedroom, lock the door and escort their dog Shilo out of the room. He will have showered and clothed only in his underwear. He would then neatly place a white towel on his bed, not to soil the bed linens, in preparation for what was about to occur,” she alleged within the lawsuit.
Jane Doe 1 claimed the music legend would allegedly “roughly penetrate her vagina with his fingers, orally copulate her and proceed to penetrate her vagina with his erect penis causing her great pain” and “enjoyed ejaculating in her vagina without using a condom.”
Jane Doe 2 mentioned she was the Robinsons’ housekeeper from Might 2014 till February 2020. She alleged she was assaulted by the singer at the least 23 completely different instances within the courtroom paperwork.
Calling his alleged advances “brutal,” “constant” and “predictable,” she claimed he would “summon her to either the laundry room or garage, where there were no cameras” earlier than allegedly penetrating her vagina along with his fingers and “then would proceed to rape her.”
She additionally described allegedly being “forced her into his blue bedroom,” the place she “would perform oral sex on him,” and claimed Robinson would “forcibly penetrate her with his erect penis without using a condom.”
Jane Doe 2 claimed within the submitting that if she refused to have intercourse with him, the singer would threaten that he’d make Frances be “mean” to her.
The third accuser mentioned she was Robinson’s housekeeper from February 2012 till April 2024, and alleged she was “sexually harassed, sexually assaulted and raped” by the musician “at least 20 times.”
“Defendant Smokey Robinson would force her into his blue bedroom, whereafter he would perform his ritual of exiting his bathroom nude or wearing only underwear after showering, and then carefully placing a towel on his bed not to soil the linens for what was about to occur. He would then disrobe JD3 and then orally copulate her. Then he would force her to lie face down on the towel so that he could penetrate her vagina with his erect penis from the rear,” the lawsuit learn.
Jane Doe 3 claimed that when she turned him down on one event, the R&B artist allegedly provided her “$500 to allow him to orally copulate her, an offer she refused.”
She alleged that Robinson would repeatedly make undesirable advances in opposition to her, “touching her breasts, vagina and kissing her on her neck and on her mouth.”
Jane Doe 4 mentioned that along with being employed because the couple’s housekeeper, she additionally labored as Frances’ private assistant, prepare dinner and hairdresser from October 2006 till April 22, 2024.
“Robinson first sexually assaulted her in 2007 when she accompanied him to his Las Vegas home. While there and alone with him, Defendant Smokey Robinson forced her into his bedroom and raped her,” she claimed within the lawsuit.
She additionally alleged that on or about mid-2019, Robinson reportedly raped her at his non permanent residence in Bell Canyon, California.
Jane Doe 4 acknowledged that Robinson would usually “summon her to his blue bedroom” at his important residence, “lock the door and place a towel down on the bed. After doing so, he would pull JD4’s clothes off, and against her protestations, push her down on the bed and proceed to rape her.”
She added within the swimsuit, “Defendant Smokey Robinson never used a condom during the sexual assaults, ejaculating into JD4’s vagina or withdrawing and ejaculating all over her body, much to his satisfaction and her abject humiliation.”
Every accuser claimed they didn’t report the alleged sexual assaults out of concern of dropping their livelihood, public embarrassment, disgrace and humiliation.
They included Frances within the lawsuit, alleging she “failed to take the appropriate corrective action to prevent” Robinson’s alleged advances “despite having full knowledge of his prior acts of sexual misconduct.”
The previous staff additionally claimed they have been allegedly not paid extra time or given relaxation and lunch breaks.
The Put up has reached out to Robinson’s rep for remark.
This lawsuit comes on the heels of the R&B artist releasing his new album “What The World Needs Now” on April 25.
Robinson rose to fame as an R&B and soul singer after he based the group the Miracles in 1955. He left the band in 1972 to give attention to his position as vice chairman of the enduring label Motown Data.
However by 1973, Robinson reignited his profession with a solo album titled “Smokey.” All through the late ’70s, the Hollywood star had a slew of hits, and in 1987, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame.
A yr later, Robinson received his first — and solely — Grammy for “Just to See Her.”
All through his early profession, Robinson was married to Claudette Rogers Robinson from 1959 to 1986. They’ve son Berry and daughter Tamla. Robinson can also be a father to a son, Trey, from a girl he had an affair with for 20 years. He refers back to the thriller girl as “Kandi.”
The musician went on to marry Frances in 2002.
After releasing his memoir “Smokey: Inside My Life” in 1989, Robinson informed Folks on the time, “I just hate that the kids and others might have suffered from the moves that I made.”
“I have good relationships with all the people in my life,” he added.
Lately, Robinson has no plans to decelerate in his profession. “I tried retiring one time and it didn’t work for me, man,” Robinson mentioned in 2024. “I love music, and I always have, before I even knew that I was ever going to have a career.”
