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Six months after four women who previously worked with the Grammy-winning star filed a $50 million sexual assault lawsuit against him, two new accusers have come forward with sexual assault allegations against him.
The women, who filed the lawsuit anonymously in May as Jane Does, filed a new motion with the court on Nov. 14, seeking to amend the complaint and add two more victims. Both the man and the woman claim Robinson, 85, tried to force them to touch his erect penis.
Robinson’s attorney Christopher Frost denied the new allegations in a statement shared with PEOPLE, calling the entire lawsuit “a coordinated and greedy effort to extract money from the 85-year-old legend.”
“This group of people and their lawyers, hiding behind anonymity, are seeking global recognition while making the ugliest of false allegations,” Frost said. “Once the public knows the truth, their greedy motives and fabricated claims will be exposed.”
The complaint obtained by PEOPLE identifies only one of the new accusers, Jane Doe No. 5, who allegedly endured “constant” harassment from Robinson while working as Robinson’s housekeeper from 2005 to 2011, on and off.
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She claims he grabbed her hand and tried to force her to touch his erect penis more than 10 times, and that he asked her to go into the bathroom while she was showering and asked her to rub her back on his motions.
The woman also claims that the Motown star repeatedly touched her breasts, which left her traumatized and ultimately led to her having breast reduction surgery in 2015. It also accuses Robinson’s wife, Frances, of perpetuating a “hostile work environment” and using “ethnically derogatory” language toward her.
Meanwhile, John Doe 1 alleges in the motion that he began doing detail work on the Robinson family’s car in 2013. He alleges Robinson “touched and fondled” his erect penis in front of him “numerous times” and tried to force him to touch his penis again in 2022.
John Doe was fired shortly after the incident, but claims Francis called him a year later and asked him to return to work. He did so, but the harassment continued, causing “humiliation, emotional distress, and ongoing fear for his safety and dignity,” the motion alleges.
“We applaud these two courageous survivors for coming forward and adding their voices to this case,” plaintiffs’ attorney John Harris said in a statement to PEOPLE. “We look forward to vigorously defending these men as they seek the justice they deserve.”
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The motion asks the court to allow the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint, alleging that the two new accusers’ allegations “mirror, in substance and scope, those already set forth in Jane Does 1-4 and relate primarily to the same time period, location, and conduct by the same defendants.”
A public hearing on this motion is scheduled for January 6, 2026.
A few weeks after the first complaint was filed, Mr. Robinson filed a $500 million cross-complaint accusing the plaintiffs and their lawyers of defaming him at a press conference.
He also filed a motion to dismiss the original charges in May. Robinson’s lawyers argued in court that the false names of his accusers made it difficult for the defense to call witnesses, but a judge ruled in September that Robinson’s accusers could remain anonymous as the case progresses.
A trial is scheduled for October 2027.
