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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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.
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Don’t know if he is guilty or not, but why would this accuser stay on to be raped “every Saturday”?
Damn at 85 I want to know what kind if Viagra he’s buying. At 63 my stuff it’s working much.
If I was accused of such a crime on the stand I would invite her to prove it as I’m sitting there.
I don’t care what they think about me, and
I don’t care what they say
I don’t care what they think if you’re leaving
I’m gonna beg you to stay
I don’t care if they start to avoid me
I don’t care what they do
I don’t care about anything else but being with you, being with you
This was not a one night stand.
You don’t know anything and yet you Judge.
I thought your God was the Judge.
Looking at him, I’d say he was the one raped… by his plastic surgeons. ;~)
Why would they keep working there? 🤔
He raped someone 20 times over a period of 12 years?
That sounds like plain, pure, unadulterated bullshit.
"Shop Around" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"You Really Got A Hold On Me" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Ooo Baby Baby" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
I will entertain them if they are/were minors or cognitively impaired.
Or if reported within a reasonable time frame with some corroboration.
I am an adult female. I do not return for more abuse if I am being abused. It’s a free country.
I dont believe heresay. I want actual real evidence.
If Smokey did this, these women would have gotten the best lawyers around and they would have at the very least, got a settlement. Physical evidence would have been collected.
Women who are genuinely abused and raped do not continue to work for the person who did it. They dont go back. They do not put themselves willingly back into the environment where it will happen again. They certainly do not keep going like nothing is happening to them, they cant hide it 100% and not tell a single soul about it. Women on average cant keep a simple secret for more than 48 hours. A devastating hugely emotionally damaging life altering thing like this, no way.
Yup. Didnt happen. I mean, rape didnt happen. Did he sleep with her? Dunno. But I would say nope, since she went the rape route.
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