Smokey Robinson is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after he was accused of sexual assault by four anonymous former employees. On Thursday, the sheriff's department confirmed that it has opened an investigation into the allegations made against the 85-year-old singer in a lawsuit filed last Tuesday. "The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau is actively investigating criminal allegations involving William Robinson aka ‘Smokey Robinson.’ The investigation is in the early stages, and we have no further comment," a representative for the LASD said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. Robinson's lawyer, Christopher Frost, responded in