Smokey Robinson Accused of Sexual Battery and Assault by 4 Former Employees

Four of Smokey Robinson’s ex-employees have accused the iconic singer, songwriter and former record label executive of sexual battery, assault, fostering a hostile work environment, false imprisonment and gender violence.

The complaint, which was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, was submitted by four female former staffers. It also includes Robinson’s wife Frances Gladney. In addition, the legal document also accuses the musician of negligence, false imprisonment, constructive discharged, failure to pay overtime and more.

The 27-page document names each of the plaintiffs as Jane Doe 1 (JD1), Jane Doe 2 (JD2), Jane Doe 3 (JD3) and Jane Doe (JD4). The first Jane Doe states that she started working for the Robinsons as their “housekeeper” at their Chatsrworth home from Jan. 3, 2023 to February 2024, and during that time JDI says she was “forced to resign” after Smokey’s “repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment against her, saying the first incident took place on March 2023 and it continued until she was
“forced” to step out of her role in February of last year.

An example of the Robinson’s alleged acts included calling her into his blue bedroom where he would “have showered and clothed only in his underwear” and kissed JD1 in her “mouth, neck and breasts.”

“Then he would roughly penetrate her vagina with his fingers, orally copulate her and proceed to penetrate her vagina with his erect penis causing he great pain,” the document states.

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