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Smokey Robinson Files $500 Million Countersuit, Calls Housekeepers’ Assault Claims an Extortion Scheme

The filing argues the four former employees fabricated allegations to extract money after a May 15 criminal probe by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

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Overview

  • Robinson and his wife initiated a defamation and financial elder abuse suit seeking $500 million against four former housekeepers who sued him on May 6.
  • The original complaint alleges Robinson repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted the women between 2007 and 2024 at his Chatsworth and Las Vegas homes.
  • The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau has been investigating the sexual assault claims since May 15.
  • In their cross-complaint, the Robinsons say the plaintiffs accepted gifts, vacations and cash while secretly plotting to destroy the couple’s reputation.
  • The Robinsons have asked a court to unmask the accusers by dropping pseudonyms, and the women’s attorneys plan to file an anti-SLAPP motion.