After the allegations, Smokey Robinson Show continues as planned

As Smokey Robinson played “Cruisin” towards the end of his concert at the beautiful rival theater on Friday evening, mutual admiration was in the midst of an exhibition between the Motown icon and an audience of nearly 1,600 people, without mention of allegations of sexual assault perceived against him this week.

Mr. Robinson had long threw the jacket of sparkling green suit and the tie with which he had started at night.

“Do you know what you volunteered?” He asked a woman he invited on stage.

“We will be back,” said Robinson when she replied that she had freely agreed to join him in front of the public, and he took a few steps by pretending to accompany his backstage. He then implored her to bring the public to sing “Cruisin” words with them.

Mr. Robinson, 85, smiled widely throughout a festive set, dancing in a suggestive way while interpreting several of his historic songs as part of a tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of his album “A Quiet Storm” and the release of a new album, “What the World Need Now”.

He proceeded with the concert a few days after four women who worked as a cleaning lady for Mr. Robinson affirmed in a trial that he had sexually mistreated them for years in his houses in California and Nevada. Three of the women did not report the allegations earlier on the fear of their immigration status, the trial said.

The trial maintains that Mr. Robinson created a hostile work environment and asked them to work long hours without receiving a minimum wage. He also claims that Mr. Robinson’s wife, Frances Robinson, knew the attacks but did not stop them.