Smokey Robinson Under Criminal Investigation Amid Sexual Assault Allegations | Smokey Robinson | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Smokey Robinson is being criminally investigated after he was accused of sexual assault.
Last week, a $50 million lawsuit was filed against the 85-year-old singer by four former housekeepers, who alleged Smokey “repeatedly” “raped” them. Smokey‘s wife Frances Robinson was also named in the lawsuit.
On Thursday (May 15), the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Smokey is now under a criminal investigation following the allegations.
Keep reading to find out more…““The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau is actively investigating criminal allegations involving William Robinson aka ‘Smokey Robinson,’” the sheriff’s department shared in a statement with The Hollywood Reporter. “The investigation is in the early stages, and we have no further comment.”
In response to the investigation, Smokey‘s attorney, Christopher Frost, shared in a statement, “We are aware that a police report has now been filed by the Plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit. It is clear to us what is happening here. Plaintiffs filed a police report only after they filed a $50 million lawsuit. This means only that the police are now required to investigate.”
Frost continued, “We welcome that investigation, which involves Plaintiffs who continue to hide their identities, because exposure to the truth is a powerful thing. We feel 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.”
The record will ultimately demonstrate that this is nothing more than a manufactured lawsuit intended to tarnish the good names of Smokey and Frances Robinson, for no other reason than unadulterated avarice,” the statement concluded.
The lawsuit, and now investigation, against Smokey Robinson comes less than a month after he appeared at the Hollywood Beauty Awards in Los Angeles.
