{"id":141384,"date":"2025-05-08T03:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/smokey-robinsons-attorney-calls-sexual-assault-claim-false-shakedown-of-an-icon\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T03:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:24:27","slug":"smokey-robinsons-attorney-calls-sexual-assault-claim-false-shakedown-of-an-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/smokey-robinsons-attorney-calls-sexual-assault-claim-false-shakedown-of-an-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokey Robinson&#8217;s Attorney Calls Sexual Assault Claim False, Shakedown of an Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Smokey Robinson<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Sexual Assault Claims are False, Shakedown!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Attorney Fires Back<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-05-07T20:00:18-07:00\">May 7, 2025 8:00 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-71212d072fd16494bfafe22b29a8f48b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250508_591833235815452bb58a5f74a1567671\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3ca28029-c0ac-4e51-8519-888e5362cd8c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/59\/4by3\/2025\/05\/08\/591833235815452bb58a5f74a1567671_md.jpg\" alt=\"smokey-robinson-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-71212d072fd16494bfafe22b29a8f48b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e27cae5b46bfb3df09d57892ecec59de\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/smokey-robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Smokey Robinson<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s camp says the sexual assault lawsuit filed by 4 former housekeepers is full of lies, and purely designed to squeeze cash out of the Motown legend.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e27cae5b46bfb3df09d57892ecec59de--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-31f477420c84183d903739b4e8964995\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Robinson&#8217;s legal professional <strong>Christopher Frost<\/strong> tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;As this case progresses, the proof (the essential aspect that guides us) will present that that is merely an unsightly methodology of attempting to extract cash from an 85-year-old American icon &#8212; $50 million, to be precise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-31f477420c84183d903739b4e8964995--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b55d5ca0db0114352a2805ea4f7e6b05\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250508_2a60e37bc9034fe88b6590640f5c29a0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3ca28029-c0ac-4e51-8519-888e5362cd8c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2a\/4by3\/2025\/05\/08\/2a60e37bc9034fe88b6590640f5c29a0_md.jpg\" alt=\"smokey-robinson-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b55d5ca0db0114352a2805ea4f7e6b05--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9fbe38c526999f2e3fd62901ad6f3cae\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He goes on to name out the plaintiffs and their attorneys, saying, &#8220;Through this course of we&#8217;ve got seen the weird theatrics of yesterday&#8217;s information convention, because the plaintiffs&#8217; attorneys outlined vile, false allegations in opposition to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, attempting to enlist the general public as an unwitting participant within the media circus they&#8217;re attempting to create.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9fbe38c526999f2e3fd62901ad6f3cae--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-779af4fe550bb2198694f29b822cae6b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we reported, the accusers &#8212; who&#8217;ve filed as Jane Does &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/06\/smokey-robinson-sued-sexual-battery-housekeepers-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>declare Robinson raped them a number of instances<\/strong><\/a> whereas they have been working for him. They are additionally suing his longtime spouse <strong>Frances Gladney Robinson<\/strong> &#8230; alleging she knew about his actions, and did nothing to guard the staff.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-779af4fe550bb2198694f29b822cae6b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6fc33ee8d145668af68024e24c52d40f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250506_2e8d253db209448f805edf31ac668610\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3ca28029-c0ac-4e51-8519-888e5362cd8c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2e\/4by3\/2025\/05\/06\/2e8d253db209448f805edf31ac668610_md.jpg\" alt=\"smokey robinson and Frances Gladney 2023 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6fc33ee8d145668af68024e24c52d40f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e61dda11ddcf0a4a2c072d799ba2186d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Frost says Smokey himself will reply in his personal phrases, and they&#8217;ll file a movement to dismiss the lawsuit, whereas addressing &#8220;quite a few features&#8221; of the allegations that &#8220;defy credulity in addition to points referring to purported timelines, inconsistencies, and relationships between the plaintiffs and others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e61dda11ddcf0a4a2c072d799ba2186d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-013b90ad07a584fa239b754f51f306f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He provides, &#8220;We ask anybody following this case to order judgment because the proof involves mild and all of the precise information of the case unfold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-013b90ad07a584fa239b754f51f306f2--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Smokey Robinson Sexual Assault Claims are False, Shakedown!!! Attorney Fires Back Published May 7, 2025 8:00 PM PDT Smokey Robinson&#8216;s camp says the sexual assault lawsuit filed by 4 former housekeepers is full of lies, and purely designed to squeeze cash out of the Motown legend. 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