The lawsuit claims Rozon abused at least 20 women between 1982 and 2016
Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon leaves the Quebec Court of Appeals, in Montreal, on May 16, 2019.Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon’s lawyer asked Quebec’s highest court Thursday to throw out a $10-million class action lawsuit claiming that the comedy impresario abused at least 20 women.
Rozon denies the allegations by a group of women calling themselves “Les Courageuses,” which date between 1982 and 2016.In the Quebec Court of Appeal on Thursday, Doray argued that Superior Court Justice Donald Bisson was attempting to facilitate the denouncing of sexual assaults – a “commendable” goal but one that he said doesn’t fall within the criteria for a class action.
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