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Smokey Robinson sues former housekeepers for defamation over rape allegations
Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who accused him of rape and prompted a police investigation.
The filing is a fast and forceful legal and public pushback from the 85-year-old Motown music luminary in response to the women's May 6 lawsuit and a May 15 announcement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that its Special Victims Bureau is "actively investigating criminal allegations" against Robinson. John Harris and Herbert Hayden, attorneys for the former housekeepers, said in a statement that the defamation suit "is nothing more than an attempt to silence and intimidate the survivors of Mr. Robinson's sexual battery and assault. "John Harris and Herbert Hayden, attorneys for the former housekeepers, said in a statement that the defamation suit "is nothing more than an attempt to silence and intimidate the survivors of Mr. Robinson's sexual battery and assault.
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