The singer Smokey Robinson was accused of sexual assault by four women who worked for him according to a harassment complaint at the workplace registered on Tuesday (6) in a court of Los Angeles.
The action obtained by CNN Details the allegations of unidentified women, who say they worked as maids for Robinson and his wife between 2006 and 2024. They all said they resigned because of Robinson’s “repeated sexual aggression and sexual harassment”.
The document states that women were “not willing” to denounce Robinson’s alleged actions to the authorities due to the fear of losing their subsistence and public embarrassment, as well as “being threatened and intimidated” by their celebrity status and the influential people around them.
Three of the four women were also concerned with “the possible adverse effect on their immigration status,” the complaint added.
In addition to allegations of sexual aggression, women ask for at least $ 50 million in total damage for alleged actions, including emotional suffering, gender violence, hostile work environment and various labor violations.
John Harris, a women’s lawyer, said on Tuesday during a press conference that they-called Jane Donate 1-4 in the process-decided to process to “defend their rights as well as the rights of other women.”
Harris added that the four authors “want and demand justice to themselves” and that the filing of action “is the first step in their journey to achieve this goal.”
One of the Jane Doe claims to have been sexually abused at least seven times between 2023 and 2024, while working as a housekeeper at Robinson’s residence in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles. The complaint claims that the aggressions often occurred on Saturdays, after Robinson took his wife to the beauty salon and “ran home, knowing that he would be home alone” with her.
Jane Doe 2 accuses Robinson of raping her or sexually assaulted her on at least 23 occasions between 2016 and 2020, while she worked there as a housekeeper. The complaint states that Robinson “summoned her to the laundry or garage, where there were no cameras” before the alleged aggressions occurred.
The third claims that Robinson “sexually harassed her, sexually assaulted, and repeatedly raped” for most of her job as a housekeeper at Robinson’s house between 2012 and 2024. She claims in the complaint that he raped her at least 20 times. The complaint claims that, on one occasion, when she resisted her invested, Robinson “offered her $ 500 for him to copulate her orally, an offer she refused.”
Jane Doe 4 is identified as a former Governanta who was also a personal assistant, cook and hairdresser of his wife between 2006 and 2024. According to the action, Robinson raped her at her Las Vegas home in 2007. She claims that Robinson also raped her in her chatsworth and Bell Canyon homes.
The document states that the authors “did not consent with the defendant’s sex contact or sexual touch” and suffered “severe emotional suffering” as a result of repeated sexual aggressions.
Robinson’s wife, Frances Robinson, is cited as co-ré. The complaint accuses Frances Robinson of not “taking appropriate corrective measures to prevent the deviant misconduct of defendant Smokey Robinson” against the authors and to perpetuate a hostile work environment “shouting” and “using ethnically pejorative words and language.”
The four authors also accuse the Robinsons of not paying the minimum wage or overtime, and not having provided rest or lunch intervals while on duty. They ask for at least $ 50 million in damage, as well as punitive damage to be determined on trial.
Smokey Robinson, 85, is a singer, songwriter and music producer whose career as a main voice on Motown and R&B began in the 1960s. He is best known for songs such as “You’ve Really Got A Hold on Me”, “I Second That Emotion” and “Tears of a Clown”, released with his first band, The Miracles.
He also composed songs for artists such as Marvin Gaye, The Tempts and many others, and was vice president of Motown Records. Smokey Robinson was introduced to the Rock & Roll fame hall in 1987 and was recognized by Recording Academy with the award for the work in 1999.
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