LOS ANGELES — Smokey Robinson has filed a countersuit against four former housekeepers who went to court earlier this month accusing the Motown legend of repeated sexual assaults during their employment.

Robinson, 85, and his wife Frances leveled accusations of slander, infliction of emotional distress and elder abuse against the unnamed women, who filed their lawsuit earlier this month and held a news conference in which one of their attorneys described the singer as a serial rapist.

The countersuit, filed by attorney Christopher Frost but not available in the Los Angeles Superior Court system as of May 28, seeks $500 million in damages from the accusers. The countersuit alleges the women fabricated their claims in an effort to extort money from the legendary singer, and contends that R

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