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Music legend Smokey Robinson<\/a> is suing 4 of his former workers for defamation after they filed a lawsuit<\/a> in opposition to the singer in early May accusing him of sexual assault<\/a> and rape.<\/p>\n

Robinson and his spouse, Frances Gladney, countersued the group of housekeepers in Los Angeles on Wednesday, accusing the ladies of false claims of sexual assault as a part of an \u201cextortionate\u201d lawsuit.<\/p>\n

The Motown legend\u2019s accusers say they had been afraid to come back ahead till now over fears of shedding their livelihoods and immigration standing \u2014 all 4 plaintiffs are immigrants of Hispanic descent.<\/p>\n

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The accusers, who filed their\u00a0nameless swimsuit<\/a> in Los Angeles Superior Court, are looking for not less than US$50 million in damages. The ladies say they skilled abuse between 2007 and 2024, and labour violations together with a hostile work setting, illegally lengthy hours and lack of pay.<\/p>\n

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The singer has denied the allegations and is at present below investigation for sexual assault. His legal professionals argue that the complainants are after his cash.<\/p>\n

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The couple claims that the ladies accompanied them on household holidays and celebrated holidays collectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Robinsons did not abuse, harm, or take advantage of plaintiffs; they treated plaintiffs with the utmost kindness and generosity,\u201d their lawsuit states.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s legal professionals have additionally filed a movement to dismiss the accusers\u2019 lawsuit on the idea that they need to not have been granted anonymity.<\/p>\n

The accusers filed on May 6 as Jane Doe 1, 2, 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

The prolonged authorized doc refers to not less than 50 separate alleged incidents of rape, courting again virtually twenty years, the place Robinson is accused of forcing his former workers into intercourse.<\/p>\n

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Jane Doe 1, who was employed in January 2023, claimed she was left with no alternative however to resign in February 2024 after experiencing quite a few assaults.<\/p>\n

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According to the submitting, she would work by herself on the household residence on weekends. On Saturdays, Robinson would take his spouse to the nail salon after which rush residence to be alone with Jane Doe 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon returning home, Defendant Smokey Robinson would call her into his blue bedroom, lock the door and escort their dog Shilo out of the room. He will have showered and clothed only in his underwear. He would then neatly place a white towel on his bed, not to soil the bed linens, in preparation for what was about to occur,\u201d the lawsuit states, including that he would \u201croughly penetrate\u201d her, inflicting \u201cgreat pain.\u201d<\/p>\n