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Headline: Smokey Robinson's defamation claim thrown out
Caption: In a ruling on Thursday, a Los Angeles judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to hold Robinson's former anonymous housekeepers and their lawyers liable for calling the singer a rapist at a press conference last year. A lawyer for the accusers said in a statement that Thursday's ruling "stands as a powerful and unequivocal victory for our clients and for survivors everywhere who refuse to be silenced". "The court saw this $500 million (£370 million) countersuit for what it is - a blatant, retaliatory attempt to intimidate, discredit and punish women for speaking out about sexual assault," he insisted.
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