ALBAWABA - Smokey Robinson is under investigation following serious legal accusations.
Following claims of sexual assault by four of his former housekeepers, which Smokey Robinson denies, Los Angeles police have launched a criminal investigation into him.
Last week, the anonymous woman filed a complaint, claiming that the Motown legend was "a serial and sick rapist" who had raped them multiple times in three different homes between 2007 and 2024. Moreover, labor offenses against Robinson and his spouse, Frances, include their failure to pay overtime and the minimum wage to the women. The women are requesting monetary compensation.
The claims "defy credulity," according to Robinson's attorney Christopher Frost, who also described them as "vile, false … an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon—$50 millionm, to be exact."
US singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson (L) and Frances Robinson (Photo by Michael TRAN / AFP)
Robinson is currently the subject of a criminal investigation in addition to that legal action.
"The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is actively investigating criminal allegations involving William Robinson, AKA 'Smokey Robinson,'" the department claimed in a news statement. We have no more comments at this time, as the inquiry is still in its early phases.
"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 said in response to the investigation's opening.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Smokey Robinson (Amy Sussman/Getty Images/AFP)
Robinson scored hits both with his group, the Miracles, and under his own name, making him one of the most successful performers to come out of the Motown label. He also penned other pop hits, such as "Get Ready for the Temptations" and "My Girl."
His most recent album, What the World Needs Now, was published last month. He is now on tour in the United States, and in July, he will visit the United Kingdom at the Love Supreme festival and four other locations across the country. The festival and his UK reps have been contacted by The Guardian for comment.
