Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault by 4 former workers in a lawsuit filed within the Los Angeles Superior Court docket on Tuesday, Might sixth.
Within the criticism, the 85-year-old singer and former Motown Data government is accused of sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence, and making a hostile work atmosphere. Robinson’s spouse, Frances Robinson, can also be named as a defendant within the lawsuit.
All 4 plaintiffs, recognized as Jane Does, beforehand labored as housekeepers for Robinson and his spouse. As reported by KTLA, the lawsuit accuses Robinson of forcing himself on their “whole our bodies, together with their vaginas, breasts, legs, stomach, lips, and face” and claims they didn’t consent to his “sexual contact or touching.”
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“Plaintiffs explicitly informed Defendant Robinson on quite a few events that they weren’t occupied with his advances and objected to his forceful, bodily, sexual, and dangerous conduct,” the criticism reads.
Robinson’s spouse is known as within the lawsuit for allegedly failing to stop his actions regardless of “having full information of his prior acts of sexual misconduct, having settled instances with different ladies that suffered and skilled comparable sexual assaults perpetuated by him.”
The plaintiffs additionally allege Frances Robinson “perpetuated a hostile work atmosphere by repeatedly screaming at them individually in a hostile method, utilizing ethnically pejorative phrases and language.”
As well as, the ladies declare the couple did not compensate them pretty, alleging they weren’t paid minimal wage or time beyond regulation for work exceeding eight hours a day. The Jane Does additionally alleged they labored holidays with out receiving applicable extra pay.
In accordance with the criticism, every plaintiff was afraid to report Robinson to the police as a consequence of worry of shedding their jobs and reprisal towards themselves and their households. The ladies are in search of damages of at least $50 million.
When you or somebody you realize has been impacted by sexual misconduct, you’ll be able to attain out for assist:
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