A Quebec Superior Court justice is deliberating on whether to authorize a class-action lawsuit against Montreal electronics billionaire Robert Miller, accused of paying minors for sex in the 1990s and 2000s.
MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court justice will deliberate before deciding whether to authorize a class-action lawsuit against Montreal electronics billionaire Robert Miller , who is accused of paying minors for sex.
An investigative report in February 2023 by Radio-Canada and the CBC said Miller allegedly identified himself as an American businessman named Bob Adams who travelled frequently to Montreal, and the encounters are alleged to have taken place in hotels in the city and a private home in Westmount, Que., a wealthy suburb on the Island of Montreal.
They also raised the issue of holding all defendants on equal footing for punitive damages, even though Miller and the company have far different financial capacity than the three elderly men. "There is not one allegation that Future Electronics paid one girl directly and once the money left Future and went to Miller's accounts, he did what he wanted with it," Sheppard added.
It will be overwhelming for some alleged victims to file individual legal actions, Orenstein said, adding that they don't want to be forced to give Miller their real names.
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