MONTREAL — A Quebec judge began hearing arguments on Wednesday for a class-action lawsuit application against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller over allegations he paid minors for sex.
The proposed lawsuit identifies the class as anyone under the age of 18 who was paid for sex by Miller, the founder of global electronics distributor Future Electronics, or who was a victim of sexual exploitation by him or by any other group determined by the court.
The modus operandi was allegedly always the same: the lawsuit claims high school students were recruited to have sex with Miller in exchange for money and gifts as part of what it says was a network to sexually abuse girls and young women. He was arrested in May 2024 on 21 criminal charges involving 10 alleged victims, many of them minors. None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Miller's lawyer, Karim Renno, told reporters outside the courtroom on Wednesday that Miller denies having sex with minors. Renno told reporters he will argue that a class-action for sexual assault is not the proper way to proceed. The lawyer cited the class action against Gilbert Rozon, founder of Just for Laughs, who was accused of sex assault, which was overturned by the Court of Appeal in 2020.
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