Four women who claim to have worked with Smokey Robinson are suing him, alleging that he sexually attacked and raped them on multiple occasions while they were employed by him.
Four Jane Does filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, alleging they were once housekeepers for the musician and his wife, Frances Gladney Robinson.
The four accusers, who claim to have overlapped while working for Smokey and Frances, believe they were abused several times, the first of which allegedly happened in 2007.
Even though the document contains a wide range of accusations against Smokey, there is some commonality among the
Jane Does’ claims that Smokey would invite them into his bedroom or other locations when his wife was out of the house.
According to the lawsuit, these ladies claim that Smokey would then force himself on them, raping them after they