(29 May 2025)
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ARCHIVE: Beverly Hills, Calif. - 3 February 2024
1. Smokey Robinson arrives at pre Grammy Gala
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles - 1 October 2024
2. Smokey Robinson speaking with reporter
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles - 27 May 2016
3. Zoom in on Smokey Robinson posing for portrait photos
4. Zoom in Smokey Robinson and his wife Frances Gladney posing for portrait photos
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles - 19 November 2017
5. Wide shot Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and Berry Gordy pose for photos
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles - 10 February 2019
6. Following shot of Smokey Robinson on carpet of Grammy Awards
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ARCHIVE: New York - 24 April 2019
7. Various, Smokey Robinson talking to reporter
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles - 26 January 2020
8. Smokey Robinson and his wife Frances Gladney arrive for the Grammys
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ARCHIVE: New York - 16 June 2022
9. Smokey Robinson speaking with reporter at Songwriters Hall of Fame event
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ARCHIVE: Detroit - 8 August 2022
10. Smokey Robinson speaks with reporters at event outside Motown Museum
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Smokey Robinson, Motown legend:
"My life – I'm so blessed. I am so blessed, man, because I'm living my wildest, most impossible childhood dream."
12. Robinson winks at someone in the audience while listening to the musical performance
13. Smokey Robinson poses for photo at event held outside the Motown Museum
14. Smokey Robinson and Temptations member Otis Williams watch young people perform Smokey Robinson and The Miracles classic, "I Second That Emotion"
15. Smokey Robinson walks to stage to talk to crowd
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Smokey Robinson, recording artist:
"When I was a kid, when I was five and six years-old, I wanted to be a singer. But I didn't think it was going to be possible, because I grew up on the north end over there. And I didn't think that was going to be possible for me. But here it is: God said, 'I'm going to let you have this, see what you do with it.'"
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ARCHIVE: Los Angeles - 3 February 2023
17. Various of Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy
STORYLINE:
Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who accused him of rape and prompted a police investigation.
Robinson and his wife Frances Robinson filed the counterclaim Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the women and their lawyers, whose allegations, they say, were “fabricated in an extortionate scheme.”
The filing is a fast and forceful legal and public pushback from the 85-year-old Motown music luminary in response to the women’s May 6 lawsuit and a May 15 announcement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that its Special Victims Bureau is “actively investigating criminal allegations” against Robinson.
The women are seeking at least $50 million, alleging Smokey Robinson repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted them in his home when they worked for him between 2007 and 2024. They said Frances Robinson, a co-defendant, enabled him and created an abusive workplace.
The counterclaim opens with friendly text messages from the women to contradict their claims against Robinson, whose songs, including “Tears of a Clown” and “The Tracks of My Tears,” established him among the biggest hitmakers of the 1960s.
The lawyers said they intend to get the Robinsons’ lawsuit thrown out by invoking California’s laws against using the courts to silence and intimidate people who sue.
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