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Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation over rape and sexual assault allegations
Motown legend Smokey Robinson is under criminal investigation after four former housekeepers accused him of rape and sexual assault, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
The investigation comes just over a week after the housekeepers filed a lawsuit seeking $50m (£37m) in damages in a civil case over the alleged assaults - which the women say took place between 2007 and 2024. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement on Thursday that its special victims bureau is now "actively investigating criminal allegations" against the 85-year-old.
It added that the investigation is in its early stages and that no other details will be provided. The four former housekeepers alleged in their civil lawsuit that the singer, whose real name is William Robinson Jr, carried out the rapes and sexual assaults while they worked for him.
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.
The Motown singer's lawyer Christopher Frost has said he welcomes the criminal investigation and feels "confident that a determination will be made that Mr. Robinson did nothing wrong, and that this is a desperate attempt to prejudice public opinion and make even more of a media circus than the plaintiffs were previously able to create.
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