Smokey Robinson Denies Sexual Assault Accusations, Attorney Calls Lawsuit an 'Ugly' Attempt to 'Extract Money'

Through his attorney, Smokey Robinson is denying the accusations of sexual assault against him by four former employees in a lawsuit filed this week. The Motown icon's attorney also called the lawsuit an attempt "to extract money" from Robinson. "As this case progresses, the evidence (the crucial element that guides us) will show that this is simply an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon - $50 million, to be exact," Christopher Frost said in a statement Wednesday. "Through this process we have seen the bizarre theatrics of yesterday's news . . .