Criminal investigation opened in rape and sexual assault allegations against Smokey Robinson

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that it has opened a transgression probe into rape and intersexual battle allegations against Motown euphony luminary Smokey Robinson. The section said successful a connection that its Special Victims Bureau is "actively investigating transgression allegations" against Robinson. Last week, 4 erstwhile housekeepers of Robinson filed a lawsuit alleging that helium repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted them, successful immoderate cases for years, portion they worked for him. The suit filed successful Los Angeles Superior Court seeks astatine slightest $50 cardinal successful damages implicit the alleged assaults, which the women accidental took spot betwixt 2007 and 2024. Robinson's lawyer said determination was nary merit to the allegations against the 85-year-old philharmonic icon who was among the biggest hitmakers of the 1960s. The attorney, Christopher Frost, said Tuesday the lone crushed for the suit is "unadulterated avarice." "We consciousness assured that a determination volition beryllium made that Mr Robinson did thing wrong, and that this is simply a hopeless effort to prejudice nationalist sentiment and marque adjacent much of a media circus than the Plaintiffs were antecedently capable to create," Frost said. John Harris and Herbert Hayden, the lawyers for the women, accidental they are pleased to larn that instrumentality enforcement is pursuing the allegations.

"Our clients mean to afloat cooperate with LASD's ongoing probe successful the pursuit of seeking justness for themselves and others that whitethorn person been likewise assaulted by him," the lawyers said. The sheriff's connection said the probe is successful its aboriginal stages, and nary different details would beryllium provided. Robinson's lawyer said past week ...