Lawyers for four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson filed a lawsuit against the singer and his wife on Tuesday.

Last night, the Robinsons responded to the claims via their attorney Christopher Frost in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. Dubbing the allegations “vile” and “false,” Frost claimed, “the evidence will show that this is simply an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon — $50 million dollars, to be exact.”