Smokey Robinson Files $500M Lawsuit Against Rape Accusers

Motown singer Smokey Robinson is counter-suing four women who accused him of sexual assault in a cross-complaint filed on Wednesday.

The 85-year-old recording artist was hit with a lawsuit from four former employees earlier this month. The unnamed plaintiffs are seeking $50 million for charges including rape and sexual abuse, which they said occurred between 2007 and 2024, per The Associated Press. 

Now it’s being reported that Robinson and his wife, Frances Gladney, are suing the women for $500 million.

“The Robinsons did not abuse, harm, or take advantage of plaintiffs; they treated plaintiffs with the utmost kindness and generosity,” the lawsuit says, per Fox News.

The singer said he treated the women as his “extended family” and claimed to have given them gifts, including concert tickets, vehicles, and money, during their tenure, as the New York Post reported. As proof, Robinson provided screenshots of friendly text exchanges and images of his wife on a tropical vacation with one of the accusers. The celeb said he footed the bill for the trip.

The singer’s lawyer, Christopher Frost, previously described the lawsuit as representing “unadulterated avarice.”

“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,” Frost said at the time of the original lawsuit being filed.

Meanwhile, the attorney representing the four plaintiffs says the women kept quiet due to fear of humiliation and losing their employment.  

John Harris said his clients believe Robinson to be “a serial and sick rapist and must be stopped.”

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“Having to tell their [spouses] and children of these despicable actions left them filled with shame and embarrassment. So throughout their dreadful experiences with Mr. Robinson, all four women remained silent,” he said.

Robinson is a legendary singer, songwriter, and record producer who played a key role in shaping the Motown sound as the frontman of The Miracles. He also served as a songwriter for artists like The Temptations (Robinson cowrote the single “My Girl”) and Mary Wells, for whom he wrote “My Guy.” 

With a career spanning more than six decades, he’s known for timeless hits like “Tracks of My Tears” and “Cruisin’.”