Smokey Robinson lawyer plans to ask the court to reject A trial filed this week against the singer by four former employees. Women are looking for at least $ 50 million, accusing Robinson of repeated sexual misconduct and alleging that he and his wife, Frances, have violated labor laws.
“We will have more to say in the coming days when we make our legal response, and over time, Mr. Robinson will respond in his own words,” said lawyer Christopher Frost in a Wednesday declaration in Times. “As this affair progresses, the evidence (the crucial element that guides us) will show that it is simply a ugly method to try to extract money from an 85 -year -old American icon – $ 50 million, to be exact.”
Frost, a founding partner of Frost LLP, described the allegations as “vile” and “false” and declared “many aspects of the complaint … defy credulity”. The legal response asking for a dismissal will address “the problems linked to the alleged deadlines, inconsistencies and relations between complainants and others,” he said.
“We ask anyone who follows this case to reserve a judgment as the evidence appears and that all the real facts of the case take place,” said Frost.
Civil prosecution, deposited Tuesday at the Superior Court of the Los Angeles County, accuses the Robinsons of negligence, sexual drums and sexual assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction and negligence of emotional distress, gender violence and the hostile work environment, in addition to a multitude of work violations related to wages, interruptions, remuneration in overtime.
“I am dismayed,” said Smokey Robinson Daily mail During a telephone call Wednesday before transforming mresstys of being contacted at home. “I can't talk about it now,” he added.
Women continue under pseudonyms Jane Doe 1 to 4 due to allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape, which are oriented against the main singer of Smokey Robinson and miracles, 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.
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 four women allege in the trial he “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, who married Smokey in 2002, of “screaming regularly … in a hostile way, using words and an ethnically derogatory language” towards them. They say in the documents she knew what her husband was doing and failed to master it.
An plaintiff said that she did not want to report alleged activities because she was afraid of losing her job and being publicly shameful. She was also concerned about her immigration status and her threats and her intimidation due to the celebrity status of Robinson and the “influential friends and associates”, according to the trial. These feelings, with or without the question of immigration, were taken up by the other complainants.
The complainants say in the trial they have resigned due to alleged sexual misconduct and the hostile work environment.
All four say in the complaint that 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.
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. In the County of Los Angeles in July 2024, the minimum wage was $ 17.27 per hour, while the minimum in Las Vegas was $ 12 per hour.
“We will have more to say about this question,” said lawyer Frost in his statement, “while we fiercely defend our customers against these false allegations and work to protect their good names.”
