Smokey Robinson has denied the “vile, false” allegations of sexual assault after four women filed a lawsuit against the Motown singer on Tuesday.
In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Robinson’s lawyer, Christopher Frost, affirmed that he was “responding on behalf of our clients Smokey and Frances Robinson,” adding that “the evidence will show that this is simply an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon — $50 million dollars, to be exact.”
“Through this process we have seen the bizarre theatrics of yesterday’s news conference, as the plaintiffs’ attorneys outlined vile, false allegations against Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, trying to enlist the public as an unwitting participant in the media circus they are trying to create,” Frost said in a statement on Wednesday.
Frost added that he would “fiercely defend” Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, who was also named as a defendant in the suit, “against these false allegations.” He additionally shared his plans to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit and address “numerous aspects of the complaint that defy credulity as well as issues relating to purported timelines, inconsistencies and relationships between the plaintiffs and others.”
According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 6, four anonymous women accused Robinson of raping them, with the causes of action including negligence, sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and a hostile work environment, among other allegations including failure to pay them minimum page.
Robinson’s wife, Frances, is also named in the suit, with the women alleging that she “failed to take the appropriate corrective action to prevent Defendant Robinson’s deviant misconduct despite having full knowledge of his prior acts of sexual misconduct,” stating Robinson had settled claims with other women.
