In a Thursday (4.23) ruling Smokey Robinson‘s defamation counterclaims against former employees suing him for sexual abuse have been thrown out of court by a Los Angeles judge who ruled there was insufficient evidence to hold the musician’s former anonymous housekeepers and their lawyers liable for calling the singer a rapist at a press conference last year.
An attorney for the accusers said in a statement that the court’s ruling “stands as a powerful and unequivocal victory for our clients and for survivors everywhere who refuse to be silenced” insisting that “The court saw this $500,000,000.00 countersuit for what it is – a blatant, retaliatory attempt to intimidate, discredit and punish women for speaking out about sexual assault.”
For allegedly deleting evidence and stealing from his family, the superstar singer/songwriter still has other counterclaims pending against the housekeepers, which are moving forward alongside the women’s core sexual assault allegations.
After four unnamed women filed a $50,000,000.00 lawsuit alleging the 85-year-old artist for sexual abuse between 2007 and 2024, the legal battle began in May of 2025. Subsequently, another female housekeeper and a male car mechanic joined the lawsuit anonymously with additional assault claims.
Robinson has vehemently denied all wrongdoing, saying the “vile, false allegations” were merely “an ugly method of trying to extract money” the trial for which is scheduled for 2027.
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Author: Al Dente
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America