Smokey Robinson, 85, and wife sued by 4 women as star accused of ‘raping staff after luring them to camera-less rooms'
The Motown legend, 85, is being sued by four of his former employees who claim his wife helped him carry out the alleged assaults.
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Smokey Robinson at the 10th annual Hollywood Beauty Awards in Los Angeles, California, on April 6, 2025
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Smokey and Frances Robinson at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscars watch party on March 10, 2024, in West Hollywood, California
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Smokehy Robinson singing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 30, 2025
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Smokey, 85, is being accused of sexual battery, sexual assault, false imprisonment, gender violence, and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
His wife, Frances Robinson, is also mentioned in the lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by The U.S. Sun.
All four of Smokey's alleged victims have chosen to remain unnamed and are referred to as Jane Doe in the complaint.
One of the Jane Does claims Smokey started sexually assaulting her in 2016.
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The former employee claims that when she was home alone with the singer at his Los Angeles mansion, Smokey would text her and ask her to meet at places in the house that didn't have CCTV.
"He would then summon her to either the laundry room or garage, where there were no cameras," court documents allege.
The woman claims Smokey would then sexually assault and rape her with no cameras to see.
HOUSEKEEPER'S CLAIMS
Smokey and Frances' former housekeeper claims in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted just a month after she started cleaning the couple's Los Angeles mansion.
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The housekeeper said Smokey would take Frances to the nail salon on Saturdays and rush home to "be home alone" with his alleged victim.
She claimed Smokey would rape her on his bed and ignore her resistance.
The anonymous housekeeper said she quit the job in February 2024 due to the alleged assaults.
Smokey has yet to speak publicly about the allegations, which come as he's been on a press tour for his latest album that came out on April 25.
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