{"id":9762,"date":"2025-05-08T07:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/05\/08\/smokey-robinson-denies-hideous-false-allegations-of-sexual-assault-says-lawyer-that-lawsuit-is-an-attempt-to-extract-money-from-an-american-icon\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T07:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:13:32","slug":"smokey-robinson-denies-hideous-false-allegations-of-sexual-assault-says-lawyer-that-lawsuit-is-an-attempt-to-extract-money-from-an-american-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/05\/08\/smokey-robinson-denies-hideous-false-allegations-of-sexual-assault-says-lawyer-that-lawsuit-is-an-attempt-to-extract-money-from-an-american-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokey Robinson denies &#8220;hideous, false&#8221; allegations of sexual assault, says lawyer that lawsuit is an attempt to &#8220;extract money from an American icon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction to the Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>Smokey Robinson, a renowned Motown singer, has been accused of sexual assault by four women who submitted a lawsuit against him on Tuesday. The allegations have been contested by Robinson, who described them as &quot;hideous&quot; and &quot;wrong&quot;.<\/p>\n<h2>Response from Smokey Robinson&#8217;s Team<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, Robinson&#8217;s lawyer, Christopher Frost, confirmed that he is representing Smokey and his wife Frances Robinson in the matter. Frost expressed his reaction to the allegations, stating that the plaintiffs&#8217; lawyers are trying to create a &quot;media circus&quot; with false accusations.<\/p>\n<h2>Denial of Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>Frost denied the allegations against Robinson and his wife, stating that they are &quot;false accusations&quot;. He also announced plans to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, citing numerous inconsistencies and contradictions in the complaint. Frost questioned the credibility of the plaintiffs and the alleged timelines, relationships, and schedules.<\/p>\n<h2>Details of the Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>The complaint, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses Robinson of raping the four anonymous women. The lawsuit also names Robinson&#8217;s wife Frances as a defendant, alleging that she failed to take corrective measures to prevent the alleged misconduct, despite being aware of Robinson&#8217;s history of sexual misconduct with other women.<\/p>\n<h2>Allegations Against Frances Robinson<\/h2>\n<p>The women claim that Frances Robinson did not take appropriate action to prevent her husband&#8217;s alleged behavior, even though she was aware of the allegations of sexual misconduct against him. The lawsuit includes claims of negligence, sexual battery, bodily harm, false detention, and a hostile work environment, as well as allegations of failure to pay minimum wage.<\/p>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p>Robinson&#8217;s team is preparing to defend against the allegations, with Frost planning to submit a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The case is ongoing, and it remains to be seen how the allegations will be resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to the Allegations Smokey Robinson, a renowned Motown singer, has been accused of sexual assault by four women who submitted a lawsuit against him on Tuesday. The allegations have been contested by Robinson, who described them as &quot;hideous&quot; and &quot;wrong&quot;. Response from Smokey Robinson&#8217;s Team In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Robinson&#8217;s lawyer,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9764,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9762\/revisions\/9764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}