Smokey Robinson Sex Assault Accuser Stole from Family Storage Unit, Singer Claims

Smokey Robinson and his wife Frances have asked the court for a temporary restraining order against one of the women accusing the star of sexual assault, claiming she broke into their storage unit last month and stole “thousands of dollars’” worth of items.

Robinson’s legal team filed the proposed order on Monday, Dec. 8, the same day they claim to have learned that on Nov. 22, a woman identified only as Jane Doe 4 and two accomplices spent 40 minutes in their storage unit, stole a number of boxes containing personal property, and drove away.

“As absurd as this turn of events might seem, it is yet another example of how Jane Doe 4 and her group of accusers are motivated by greed — even the pettiest kind,” Robinson’s attorney Christopher Frost said in a statement. “Beyond absurdity, it is also alarming that she has retained and is exploiting access to the Robinsons’ property and we are taking swift action to ensure that that Jane Doe 4 and those assisting her cannot go near the Robinsons, a couple in their 70s and 80s, because there seem to be no limits on what they are willing to do.”

In a statement, Jane Doe’s lawyers slammed the claims as “patently false,” and said they “represent a desperate fabrication intended to retaliate against Jane Doe 4 following her damning testimony during her December 5th deposition.”

“These baseless claims are nothing more than an attempt to distract and deflect from the serious new allegations brought by John Doe 1 and Jane Doe 5, whose filings further underscore the gravity of the misconduct at issue,” the statement continued. “With respect to the Robinsons’ allegation that Jane Doe 4 broke into their storage unit, our client vehemently denies ever having visited that unit at any time since leaving her employment with the Robinsons.”

Jane Doe 4 was one of four women to accuse Robinson, 85, of sexual assault and harassment in a $50 million lawsuit filed in May. She alleged at the time that she was forced to resign in 2024 as a housekeeper and assistant due to “repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment.”

In Robinson’s latest filing, he and Frances said Jane Doe 4 gained access to the storage unit using a key she’d held onto after leaving her job.

They allege that the break-in is captured in full on security camera footage provided by the storage facility, and that Frances recognized her when viewing the footage on Dec. 8.

Jane Doe’s attorney said in a statement that they have not viewed the security footage, but “look forward to obtaining it so the truth can be exposed.”

Frances wrote in a personal declaration that she is still figuring out what exactly was allegedly stolen, but she knows that at least two five-foot Santa Claus decorations were taken.

“Although the Robinsons may have once entrusted Jane Doe 4 with access to the storage unit during the time she worked with them, she no longer had any conceivable legal right to set foot there — no less brazenly break in and steal from the Robinsons,” the filing read. “Yet she used unlawfully-retained keys to break in, take what she wanted, and leave with stolen property.”

The couple is asking for a temporary restraining order against the woman, for her to surrender any remaining keys, to return what she allegedly stole, and to remain 100 yards away from them.

In November, Robinson was hit with two new accusations of sexual battery, a man and a woman who alleged the singer tried to force them to touch his erect penis. The claims brought his total number of accusers to six, though the star’s lawyer dismissed all allegations as an “organized, avaricious campaign to extract money from an 85-year-old legend.”

Weeks after the initial complaint was filed in May, Robinson filed a $500 million cross-complaint that accused the plaintiffs and their legal counsel of defaming him at a press conference.

He also filed a motion to strike the initial complaint in May. A judge ruled in September that Robinson’s accusers are allowed to remain anonymous as the case moves forward, even though his lawyer argued in court that their pseudonyms were making it difficult for the defense to subpoena witnesses.

A trial is set for October 2027.