Smokey Robinson: $50M Lawsuit, Sexual Misconduct Allegations

In a statement shared with The Hollywood Press reporter, Robinson’s attorney, Christopher Frost, affirmed that he was “responding in behalf of our clients Smokey and Frances Robinson,” adding that “the proof will show that this is simply an unsightly technique of trying to extract cash from an 85-year-old American icon– $50 million bucks, to be exact.”

Attorney Denies Allegations

“With this process we have actually seen the bizarre theatrics of yesterday’s news conference, as the complainants’ lawyers laid out vile, incorrect claims versus Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, attempting to get the public as an unintended individual in the media circus they are attempting to create,” Frost stated in a statement Wednesday.

Details of the Lawsuit

According to a claim filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Might 6, four confidential ladies accused Robinson of raping them, with the sources of action consisting of carelessness, sexual battery, attack, unlawful imprisonment and an aggressive work environment, to name a few allegations consisting of failing to pay them minimum page.

Robinson’s spouse, Frances, is additionally called in the suit, with the females alleging that she “stopped working to take the appropriate restorative activity to avoid Defendant Robinson’s deviant transgression in spite of having complete understanding of his prior acts of sex-related misbehavior,” mentioning Robinson had actually worked out claims with other ladies.

Frost added that he would certainly “very safeguard” Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, who was likewise called as an accused in the fit, “against these false allegations.” He in addition shared his plans to submit an activity to reject the suit and address “countless elements of the problem that oppose credulity in addition to issues associating with purported timelines, variances and relationships between the complainants and others.”