Four former employees continued the legend of Motown Smokey Robinson and his wife, alleging that the singer had sexually assaulted them on several occasions and had not paid them properly for hours worked while affirming that Frances Robinson reprimanded them.
According to the complaint filed on May 6 at the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, the Robinsons are accused of negligence, sexual drums and sexual assault, false imprisonment, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, violence of gender and hostile work environment, in addition to a multitude of work violations linked to salaries, breaks, periods of meals and holidays Remuneration.
The complainants' lawyers did not immediately respond to the requests for comments from the Times on Tuesday. A former advertisement for the singer said that she was not currently working for Smokey Robinson; His talented agent did not immediately respond to the request for comments from the Times.
Women continue under pseudonyms Jane Doe 1 to 4 due to allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape, which are leveled against the 85 -year -old singer, according to the trial. Three are former rulers and one was the singer's personal assistant, the cook and the hairdresser, by court documents examined by the Times.
The four women allege in the trial that Robinson summoned them in various places at his home in Chatsworth, Bell Canyon of the county of Ventura and in Las Vegas when his wife was not there. Sometimes emerging from a shower, he forced them to have different types of sex with them – vaginal, oral and digital – over several years, says the trial.
They accuse Frances Robinson of “screaming regularly … hostilely, using words and an ethnically pejorative language” towards them and saying in the documents she knew what her husband did and failed to master it.
One Plaintiff was “Unwilling to Report … Smokey Robinson's Unlawful Acts to the Authorities due to her fear of Losing Her Livelihood, Familial Recovered, Public Embrade, Shame and Humiliation to Her and Her Family, The possible adverse effect on her immigration Status, as well as our Defendant Smokey Robinson's Well-Recognized Celebrity Status and His Influential Friends and Associates, ”The Lawsuit dit.
This feeling, with or without the question of immigration, was taken up by the other complainants.
The four complainants say they worked 10 hours a day, six days a week for the Robinsons, but were not paid at the minimum wage or overtime. They also worked on a vacation without receiving a vacation rate, according to the trial. The cleaning lady gained between $ 10 and $ 18 an hour while the assistant earned $ 15 an hour before obtaining a $ 20 an hour increase.
Jane Doe 1 worked for the Robinsons from January 2023 to February 2024. Jane Doe 2 worked from May 2014 to February 2020. Jane Doe 3 worked from February 2012 to April 2024. Jane Doe 4 worked from October 2006 to April 2024.
The minimum wage in California was $ 6.75 per hour in 2006 and gradually increased over the years. In 2024, it was $ 16 an hour for those who did not work for large fast food chains.
The complainants say in the trial they have resigned due to alleged sexual misconduct and the hostile work environment.
In addition to legal costs and legal costs, the trial requires general damages of “no less than $ 50 million” on most accusations, the more punitive damages to be determined at the trial.
