Smokey Robinson Recordsdata Countersuit, Claims He Handled Staff Like ‘Household’

Smokey Robinson‘s firing again on the ladies accusing him of sexual assault with a lawsuit of his personal … claiming he and his spouse, Frances, at all times handled staff with respect — and, the 4 folks suing them are merely making an attempt to shake them down.

The singer-songwriter and his spouse filed a cross-complaint in opposition to the 4 Jane Does, based on their lawyer, for $500 million. Within the swimsuit, they are saying Smokey not solely did not abuse any of those ladies — however, as a substitute handled them like “prolonged household.”

Smokey and his authorized staff level to items they declare he and his spouse gave to those ladies over time … together with live performance tickets, cash for dental procedures and extra.

Robinson contains displays of alleged texts displaying the shut relationships he had with staff … with one showing to point out an invitation to an worker’s son’s commencement dinner. One other exhibits a candy textual content allegedly despatched by a plaintiff to Smokey.

One other picture exhibits Frances on trip in Cabo with one of many alleged accusers for the accuser’s birthday … a trip Robinson claims he and his spouse paid for.

Smokey and his spouse are additionally claiming these ladies “had the perfect entry to reap the benefits of them” … alleging they knew the place the property had been hidden.

The Robinsons are suing for defamation, monetary elder abuse, emotional misery, invasion of privateness, civil conspiracy and extra.

In a separate authorized submitting, Smokey’s asking that the Jane Does be recognized publicly … claiming their authorized staff has turned the proceedings right into a media circus, to allow them to’t demand anonymity now.

We broke the story … 4 nameless ladies sued Smokey for sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and gender violence. They’re in search of not less than $50 million in damages.

These ladies later went to the police to file police studies in opposition to Smokey. Robinson constantly denied any wrongdoing on this case, calling it a shakedown.