LOS ANGELES – Attorneys for four former Smokey Robinson housekeepers who allege they were sexually abused by the music legend are asking a judge to allow a man and a woman with similar allegations to join the others as plaintiffs in the case.

According to their suit filed May 6 in Los Angeles Superior Court, the four original plaintiffs contend the alleged abuses occurred at the 85-year- old Motown icon’s Chatsworth home and elsewhere. The two new proposed plaintiffs are identified as Jane Doe 5 and John Doe 1, and a Jan. 6 hearing is scheduled before Judge Kevin Brazile on their request to join the case.

One current plaintiff alleges Robinson waited until his wife, Frances Robinson, was at a nail salon before abusing her. The original plaintiffs further allege that Frances Robinson tole

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