Los Angeles – Four of the former housekeeper in Smoky Robinson claims in a lawsuit on Tuesday that Motown music has been repeatedly built and raped sexual assault while working with them.
The lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Supreme Court seeks to obtain at least 50 million dollars of damage to the alleged attacks, which women say between 2007 and 2024, and work violations, including an illegal hostile work environment and illegal wages.
File – Smokey Robinson attends “The Apollo” during the Trebika Film Festival 2019 on April 24, 2019, in New York.
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Not immediately responded to a message seeking a comment from a 85 -year -old actor for Robinson.
Both the four women say that Robinson will wait until he was alone with them at his home in Los Angeles, then sexually assault and rape their objections. Everyone said that they eventually resigned from the attacks, although it took several years. Everyone said that they are afraid to proceed with fears of revenge, general shame and possible effects on their migration.
All four women block their legal names that indicate concerns related to privacy and are determined as Jin does in court documents.
The lawsuit also calls the wife of Robinson Francis Robinson as his defendant, claiming that she enabled his behavior despite knowing the past sexual misconduct. He also blames it for the hostile work environment, saying that it retreated in the language that included ethnic insults.
One of the women said that she worked in Robinson from 2012 to 2024, and was attacked at least 20 times in that period. Another said that she worked with them from 2014 to 2020, and was attacked at least 23 times. Another said that she worked with them for a year before leaving in 2024 and was attacked at least seven times. The fourth woman, who said she also worked as a personal assistant for Francis Robinson, hairdresser Wokok, for 18 years before his resignation in 2024. She cited similar experiences for other women, but she was no less than the time she was assaulted.
The lawsuit seeks to obtain damage to sexual battery, assault, wrong imprisonment, gender violence and other allegations.
Robinson, member of both the rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Celebrity Hall of Songs Book was among the largest of the 1960s – with his collection with miracles and a single shroud, with songs including “Tears of Clown” and “Drazes of My Tears”.
He was a major part of Motown Records Music Machine in his hometown of Detroit as an artist, producer and songwriter for other artists.
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