Smokey Robinson's attorney has responded to new allegations of sexual misconduct made against the music legend, saying the two proposed new additional plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit are part of an "organized, avaricious campaign to extract money from an 85-year-old legend."
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According to the suit filed May 6 in Los Angeles Superior Court, the four original plaintiffs contend the alleged abuses occurred at the 85-year-old Motown icon's Chatsworth home and elsewhere. The two new proposed plaintiffs are identified as Jane Doe 5 and John Doe 1, and a Jan. 6 hearing is scheduled before Judge Kevin Brazile on their request to join the case.
Jane Doe 5 says she worked for the Robinsons in 2005, took time off for a work injury, then returned and worked from 2007-11. She alleges Robinson would tell her in Spanish to come to him while he showered and try to get her to touch him inappropriately. He allegedly asked her to have sex with him, and she claims she was not fully paid for all work done, according to the proposed amended complaint, which further states that she did not report Robinson to the police for fear of losing her livelihood.
John Doe 1 says he was hired in 2013 and did auto detailing and other services for the Robinsons. He contends that Robinson touched himself inappropriately and made sexually suggestive gestures, prompting Doe 1 to say in response, "put some clothes on," according to the proposed amended complaint.
Robinson laughed at Doe 1's objections and he "ultimately ceased performing work for defendants after learning of similar conduct toward other victims and out of concern for his own well-being," the proposed revised lawsuit states.
But in a statement released Thursday, Robinson attorney Christopher Frost says the two new accusers, like the previous four, are part of an "organized, avaricious campaign to extract money from an 85-year-old legend" and are hiding behind anonymity while their attorneys "seek global publicity while making the ugliest of false allegations."
Frost further says that for "obvious reasons, this group of Does and their attorneys refuse to be forthcoming with all the evidence possible to investigate their own claims. Once the public can see the truth, their avaricious motives and fabricated claims will be revealed."
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