Smokey Robinson's attorney is speaking out in light of the sexual assault allegations leveled against the star in a $50 million lawsuit filed by four former housekeepers.
In a statement shared with PEOPLE, attorney Christopher Frost slammed the complaint — in which the women alleged the star "repeatedly" "raped" them — as "an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon."
He also said his team would 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 — who is also representing the singer's wife, Frances — said Robinson will "respond in his own words" in time, and will soon file a legal response in court.
"We ask anyone following this case to reserve judgment as the evidence comes to light and all the actual facts of the case unfold," Frost said. "We will be asking the Court to dismiss the lawsuit. We will also be asking the Court to address that in their statements to the press about Mr. Robinson, the plaintiff’s attorneys have reached beyond the bounds of liberties that even lawyers are typically allowed in this context."
Robinson previously told the Daily Mail that he was “appalled” by the allegations in a brief phone call on Wednesday, May 7.
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