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We will be addressing the numerous aspects of the complaint that defy credulity as well as issues relating to purported timelines, inconsistencies, and relationships between the plaintiffs and others,
Frost's statement said
We ask anyone following this case to reserve judgment as the evidence comes to light and all the actual facts of the case unfold,
Mr. Frost said
They’re Hispanic women who were employed as housekeepers by the Robinsons,
Harris said
Defendants’ conduct was outrageous, despicable, and intolerable in a civilised society,
the complaint saidOnce they broke their silence, an avalanche of emotions began to flow between them,
he said
It’s so timely, man. What the world needs now is love.”
Asked about the new album’s title in the interview with Entertainment Tonight, Mr. Robinson saidI want people to be inspired to care about each other and to love each other.
When he announced the release of the album last month, Robinson told CBS Mornings
I can't speak about this right now.
But Robinson became lucid again a few seconds later, ending the call by sayingAs low-wage workers in vulnerable positions, they lacked the resources and options necessary to protect themselves from sexual assaults throughout their tenure as employees for the Robinsons,
Mr. Harris addedOur four clients have a common thread,
John Harris, a lawyer for the women, said at a news conference in Los Angeles on TuesdayWe believe she was aware of the misconduct by her husband, Smokey Robinson, and that she used their status as well as the client’s reliance on their living wage in order to keep them in check,
attorney Herbert Hayden said
We believe Mr Robinson is a sick and serial rapist that must be stopped,
Harris saidThey all feared missing a pay day and not being able to pay their rent or buy food for their families,
Harris saidPlaintiffs were severely harmed and humiliated by Defendant Smokey Robinson’s conduct,
the women claimed in their lawsuit
Having to tell their husband and children of these despicable actions left them filled with shame and embarrassment,
Harris said
Obviously no amount of money can compensate these women for what Mr. Robinson subjected them to. But given the gravity of Mr. Robinson's despicable and reprehensible misconduct ... this amount is clearly warranted,
attorney John Harris told reporters
In a desperate attempt to him to stop his sexual assaults, ... she would proclaim ‘you’re married.’
the suit says of this plaintiff
When the other housekeeper(s) would leave the residence, Defendant Smokey Robinson would summon her to his blue bedroom while sitting naked on his bed,
the suit statesHis sexual harassment and assaults continued to the very day she decided to resign her employment,
it concludesDefendant Smokey Robinson sexually assaulted her in this manner on at least twenty-three different occasions,
the complaint alleges,