The Motown singer and his wife face allegations by former housekeepers.
Singer Smokey Robinson is being accused of sexual battery, assault and creating a hostile work environment in lawsuit filed by lawyers representing four of his former housekeepers on Tuesday.
The four women — all of whom are listed as Jane Does — are accusing the Motown artist of unwanted acts toward them. Robinson’s wife, Frances Robinson, is also listed as a defendant in the suit..Jane Doe 1 worked for Robinson as a housekeeper at his Chatsworth residence in Los Angeles, California, from January 2023 to February 2024, according to the complaint.
The complaint said that Robinson first sexually assaulted Jane Doe 1 in March 2023 and the assault continued until her “forced resignation in February 2024.”
Jane Doe 2 worked as a housekeeper from around May 2014 to February 2020 at Robinson’s Chatsworth home, the complaint said, and she is accusing Robinson of “repeated sexual assaults and harassment.” She is accusing Frances Robinson for “failing to take the appropriate corrective action to prevent” her husband’s “deviant misconduct.”
Jane Doe 2 is also accusing Frances Robinson of perpetuating a “hostile work environment,” which included screaming at her and “using ethnically pejorative words and language,” the suit said.The claim further states that Robinson’s wife, Frances Robinson, enabled his behaviour.
It also says she was responsible for creating a hostile work environment and shouted at them and used ethnic insults.
One woman suffered at least 20 assaults from 2012 until 2024, the lawsuit alleges, while another who worked for the couple from 2014 until 2020 was said to have been assaulted at least 23 times.
A different woman whose claims are made in the suit accused Robinson of assaulting her seven times, including at least one rape, in the years she worked for them.
The fourth woman claimed similar experiences to the other women but did not say how many times she was allegedly assaulted during the 18 years she worked for Robinson.
She also acted as Frances Robinson’s personal assistant, hairdresser and cook, she said.
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