Smokey Robinson Under Criminal Investigation By La Sheriff For Sexual Assault Allegations

Smokey Robinson is being investigated by nan Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department aft he was accused of intersexual assault by 4 anonymous erstwhile employees. 

On Thursday, nan sheriff's section confirmed that it has opened an investigation into nan allegations made against nan 85-year-old singer successful a suit revenge past Tuesday. 

"The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau is actively investigating criminal allegations involving William Robinson aka ‘Smokey Robinson.’ The investigation is successful nan early stages, and we person nary further comment," a typical for nan LASD said successful a connection shared pinch Fox News Digital. 

Robinson's lawyer, Christopher Frost, responded successful a connection to Fox News Digital, writing, "We are alert that a constabulary study has now been revenge by nan Plaintiffs successful nan civilian lawsuit. It is clear to america what is happening here. Plaintiffs revenge a constabulary study only aft they revenge a $50 cardinal lawsuit. "

SMOKEY ROBINSON ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BY FORMER HOUSEKEEPERS IN $50M LAWSUIT

Smokey Robinson is nether investigation by nan Los Angeles Country Sheriff's Department aft he was accused of intersexual assault.  (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

He continued, "This intends only that nan constabulary are now required to investigate. We invited that investigation, which involves Plaintiffs who proceed to hide their identities, because vulnerability to nan truth is simply a powerful thing."

"We consciousness assured that a determination will beryllium made that Mr. Robinson did thing wrong, and that this is simply a hopeless effort to prejudice nationalist sentiment and make moreover much of a media circus than nan Plaintiffs were antecedently capable to create," Frost added. 

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Robinson's lawyer dismisses nan claims arsenic unfounded. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

"The grounds will yet show that this is thing much than a manufactured suit intended to tarnish nan bully names of Smokey and Frances Robinson, for nary different logic than unadulterated avarice." 

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Robinson was accused of assaulting and raping 4 erstwhile housekeepers who worked astatine his Chatsworth location betwixt 2006 and 2024, according to nan lawsuit. The accusers are seeking $50 cardinal successful damages. (Photo by Leni Sinclair/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Robinson was accused of assaulting and raping 4 erstwhile housekeepers who worked astatine his Chatsworth location betwixt 2006 and 2024, according to nan lawsuit. The accusers are seeking $50 cardinal successful damages.

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