Smokey Robinson Pushes Back, Countersues Four Ex-Housekeepers Who Accused Him of Rape

Smokey Robinson (Photo: John Mathew Smith)

Smokey Robinson is pushing back against four former housekeepers who sued him earlier this month, alleging that he sexually harassed and raped them.

Rolling Stone magazine reports that the Motown performer, 85, has filed a $500 million cross-complaint for defamation and elder abuse against the four women, alleging that they conspired with their lawyer to make “slanderous statements” against him and his wife at a press conference on May 6.

He also alleges that the women and their lawyer “fabricated” the claims in an attempt to extort money.

“The depths of the plaintiffs’ avarice and greed know no bounds. During the very time that the Robinsons were being extraordinarily generous with the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs were concocting an extortionate plan to take everything from the Robinsons—everything over and above what they were freely given—and wrongfully destroy the Robinsons’ well-built reputations,” the 19-page complaint obtained by Rolling Stone states.