United Kingdom, May 8 -- Smokey Robinson's attorney has branded the sexual assault allegations against the singer as "vile" and "false".

The 85-year-old Motown icon has been accused of sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence and creating a hostile work environment by four women who worked for him, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday (06.05.25).

Now, his lawyer Christopher Frost has told The Hollywood Reporter that he was "responding on behalf of our clients Smokey and Frances Robinson", claiming "the evidence will show that this is simply an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon - $50 million dollars, to be exact".

He continued in a statement: "...