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Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault allegations

Los Angeles police open investigation after lawsuit filed against Motown singer alleging sexual assault of four former housekeepers over many years

Robinson’s lawyer Christopher Frost said the allegations “defy credulity” and called them “vile, false … an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon – $50m, to be exact”. Frost responded to the opening of the investigation, saying: “We feel confident that a determination will be made that Mr Robinson did nothing wrong, and that this is a desperate attempt to prejudice public opinion and make even more of a media circus than the plaintiffs were previously able to create.” Last month he released his latest album What the World Needs Now, and he is currently touring the US, with UK dates scheduled to follow in July at Love Supreme festival plus four nationwide venues.

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