Smokey Robinson Responds To Rape Accusers With $500M Defamation Suit

Earlier this month, Smokey Robinson was hit with a $50 million sexual assault lawsuit, and now he’s firing back.

Alongside his wife Frances, the Motown mogul is responding to the allegations with a $500 million counter-suit. According to Variety, in the suit, they not only label the initial filing a “fabricated scheme” in an effort to extort the wealthy couple, but also accuse them of slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and financial elder abuse.

“The Robinsons did not abuse, harm, or take advantage of Plaintiffs; they treated Plaintiffs with the utmost kindness and generosity,” the suit reads. The couple, who have been married for 23 years, further paint a much more positive environment, saying the former employees went on vacation with them, enjoyed holidays with them, were offered money beyond their salaries, and considered them extended family.

The lawyers also filed a motion to dismiss the eight-figure lawsuit, arguing they shouldn’t have been allowed to withhold their names.

When it was filed the four women only identified themselves as Jane Doe 1, 2, 3 and 4 and claim the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was a nightmare to work with for years, with their lawyer calling him a “serial and sick rapist.”

Accusations include labeling his wife an enabler as he sexually assaulted the four of them while they were housekeepers at his Chatsworth, California, home, creating a “hostile work environment.” Jane Doe 1 says the inappropriate behavior began in March 2023, for Jane Doe 2, it started in 2016, who also accuses Frances of “using ethnically pejorative words and language.”

A third claimed he raped her “at least 20 times” throughout her 12 year tenure, while the third echoes similar sentiments and also served as Frances’ assistant.

With some of the claims dating back decades, the woman says they feared coming forward earlier in fear of losing their jobs and their families potentially facing “reprisal, public embarrassment, shame, and humiliation.” 

When the initial suit went public, the Robinsons released a statement through their lawyer Christopher Frost, shooting down the claims, saying “the evidence will show that this is simply an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon–$50 million, to be exact.”  It further accuses the plaintiffs’ attorneys of “trying to enlist the public as an unwitting participant in the media circus they are trying to create.

See social media’s response to the claims below.