Smokey Robinson is underneath a legal investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division after being accused of sexual assault.
The sheriff’s division shared in an announcement with The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, “The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division Particular Victims Bureau is actively investigating legal allegations involving William Robinson aka ‘Smokey Robinson.’ The investigation is within the early phases, and now we have no additional remark.”
In response to the investigation, Robinson’s legal professional, Christopher Frost, wrote in an announcement, “We’re conscious {that a} police report has now been filed by the Plaintiffs within the civil lawsuit. It’s clear to us what is going on right here. Plaintiffs filed a police report solely after they filed a $50 million lawsuit. This implies solely that the police at the moment are required to analyze.”
“We welcome that investigation, which includes Plaintiffs who proceed to cover their identities, as a result of publicity to the reality is a robust factor,” the assertion continued. “We really feel assured {that a} dedication can be made that Mr. Robinson did nothing incorrect, and that it is a determined try to prejudice public opinion and make much more of a media circus than the Plaintiffs had been beforehand in a position to create. The report will in the end display that that is nothing greater than a manufactured lawsuit supposed to tarnish the great names of Smokey and Frances Robinson, for no different purpose than unadulterated avarice.”
The investigation comes greater than per week after the famed Motown singer and report producer was sued by 4 ladies who labored for him as housekeepers for sexual assault and rape.
Within the grievance, the nameless ladies accuse Robinson of raping them at a number of of his residences, most primarily at his dwelling in Chatsworth, California. The listed causes of motion embody negligence, sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and a hostile work surroundings, amongst different claims.
Robinson’s spouse, Frances Robinson, was additionally named as a defendant within the go well with, with the ladies claiming that she “did not take the suitable corrective motion to forestall Defendant Robinson’s deviant misconduct.”
Robinson has denied the allegations, calling them “vile” and “false,” with Frost beforehand saying, “the proof will present that that is merely an unpleasant technique of attempting to extract cash from an 85-year-old American icon — $50 million {dollars}, to be actual.”
