Smokey Robinson was sued by four women who alleged sexual assault in a $50 million lawsuit. His attorney Christopher Frost called the complaint "an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon.

Motown singing legend Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault by four women who used to work for him, according to a workplace harassment complaint filed Tuesday at a Los Angeles courthouse.

Through his attorney, Smokey Robinson is denying the accusations of sexual assault against him by four former employees in a lawsuit filed this week. The Motown icon's attorney also called the lawsuit an attempt "to extract money" from Robinson.