Four former employees filed a lawsuit against the legend of Motown Smoki Robinson and his wife, claiming that the singer sexually assaulted them on multiple occasions and failed to properly pay them for working hours while claiming that Francis Robinson Robinson had been robbed.
According to the complaint submitted on May 6 in the Los Angeles County Supreme Court, Robinson is accused of neglect, battery, sexual assault, wrong imprisonment, deliberate beating and neglect of emotional distress, gender violence, and hostile work environment, as well as a set of labor violations related to wages, meal periods, chat chat and additional time.
On Tuesday, the prosecutors’ lawyers did not respond to the Times requests to comment. A former propaganda said that she is not currently working with Smokey Robinson; His talent agent did not immediately respond to the Times request for comment.
The lawsuit says that women are paid under the names of the borrowed names, Jane de 1 to 4 due to the allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape, which were directed against the 85 -year -old singer. Three of a former housekeeper and one was the personal assistant of the singer, Cook and hairdresser, for all the court documents reviewed by the Times.
All the four women in the lawsuit sustains that Robinson called them to different places in his homes in Chatsworth, Bill Canyon in Ventura and Las Vegas when his wife was not present. Sometimes naked from the bathroom, forcing them to have different types of sex with them – vaginal, oral and digital – for several years, says the lawsuit.
They accuse Francis Robinson of “screaming regularly … in a hostile way, using words and ethnic language” towards them and says in the documents that she knew what her husband is doing and failed to curb him.
One of the plaintiffs was “unwilling to report … he says.
This feelings, with or without the issue of immigration, were repeated by the other prosecutors.
The four prosecutors say they worked for 10 hours a day, six days a week for Robinson, but they did not receive the slightest wage or additional work. They also worked on holidays without receiving a vacation rate, as the case says. The housekeeper achieved between $ 10 and $ 18 per hour, while the auxiliary achieved $ 15 per hour before getting an increase to $ 20 per hour.
Jin -D1 worked with Robinson from January 2023 to February 2024. Jin -D2 worked on May 2014 to February 2020. Jin Du 3 worked from February 2012 to April 2024.
The minimum wage in California was $ 6.75 per hour in 2006 and Gradually increase over the years. In 2024, it was $ 16 per hour for those who did not work in large fast food chains. In Los Angeles Province in July 2024, the minimum wage was $ 17.27 per hour, while Las Vegas was $ 12 per hour.
Prosecutors say that they have resigned because of alleged sexual misconduct and hostile work environment.
In addition to legal fees and court costs, the lawsuit seeks to obtain general damage “not less than 50 million dollars” on most charges in addition to the punitive damage that must be determined in the trial.
