The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department has opened an investigation into criminal allegations against Smokey Robinson after four of his former staffers accused him of sexual assault.

American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer Smokey Robinson is currently facing s*xual misconduct allegations from four of his former female employees.

“Robinson first sexually assaulted her in 2007 when she accompanied him to his Las Vegas home. While there and alone with him, Defendant Smokey Robinson forced her into his bedroom and raped her,” she claimed in the lawsuit.