Posted on 05/06/2025 3:05:37 PM PDT by dennisw
Iconic singer Smokey Robinson has been hit with a slew of sickening allegations including rape, sexual battery, and false imprisonment in a bombshell lawsuit from his former employees.
The 85-year-old R&B star, whose real name is William Robinson Jr., is alleged to have created a hostile work environment, with his wife Frances Robinson also named in the legal document filed in California Superior Court on Tuesday.
The accusations include assault and gender violence, with four female former housekeepers claiming the singer would systematically target them around his Chatsworth, Los Angeles mansion, between 2007 and 2024.
The complainants are suing for at least $50 million in damages for each of 11 allegations listed in the 27-page document seen by DailyMail.com.
They claim Robinson would order them to his bedroom or to rooms in the property where he knew surveillance cameras would not find them, before placing a towel on his bed and allegedly raping and 'humiliating' them.
His wife Frances is accused of failing to step in despite knowledge of her husband's alleged depravity, including being driven to a nail salon so he could be 'home alone' with one of his accusers every Saturday.
Robinson has been on tour to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of his hit soul album A Quiet Storm, and is set to perform hours after the press conference in Huntington, New York on Tuesday night.
The singer has not responded to news of the lawsuit, and his company did not immediately respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
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“I’m broke now and whatever you paid me years ago wasn’t enough.” and “Whatever consensual sex we had was actually rape”
Say it isn’t so.
WTH is THAT?
...before placing a towel on his bed and allegedly raping and 'humiliating' them.
Nice detail about the towel. He sounds considerate.
"Humiliating them" -- did he make then say "Call me 'Daddy'"? Or crawl around on all fours wearing a dog collar?
Funny how they all stuck around from 2007 to 2024. Nobody was so 'humiliated' that they quit?
He's 85 years old. He was doing these things when he was 84?
If there are no police reports then the claims should be immediately rejected.
We will know all When Smokey Sings.
Sorry not believing any more of these kind of claims. He raped you and you still worked for him...Rightttt.....
“If there are no police reports then the claims should be immediately rejected.”
I don’t like cops, but your signature on a legal document,
(police report) says you have “skin in the game”.
You are then legally liable for your accusations.
If you aren’t willing to do that, then you aren’t for real.
denny, didn’t he sing a song about a CLOWN?
So take a good look at his face. You’ll see his smile looks out of place. Yeah, look a little bit closer, and it’s easy to trace, the tracks of his tears...
Got to keep the coverlet clean. Wouldn’t want to stain that thang!
She said Robinson raped her at least 20 times between 2012 and 2024
She lost all credibility right there.
So many great musical talents have had horrible personal lives.
I have concluded that some people become seduced into sinful arrogance from the great talent God gave them, and instead of recognizing it as a God given blessing the behave as if its a license to behave as if they are above any actions of theirs being questioned. Call it “drunk on their talent”.
you’re basing that on accusations? you need help ...
Just like E. Jean Caroll.
“Smokey Robinson, 85, is accused of SEXUAL BATTERY by former workers in bombshell lawsuit”
Didn’t this come up a long time ago?
Rape victims don’t come back to get raped again.
Mame that toon!
It does seem odd, to return to be raped again. Was the money so good she continued working for them? Did she not think it was rape at the time? Will there be charges that he groomed them into activities they didn’t want, but didn’t realize at the time were improper? What exactly is the goal here?
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