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.”
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…