Quebec billionaire Robert Miller faces new charges of sex crimes, this time against a girl under the age of 14, who is already awaiting trial for similar acts that occurred more than 20 years ago. location of around ten victims.
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Robert Miller must appear Thursday morning at the Montreal courthouse to face three counts of sexual contact with a teenage girl between 1995 and 2000. According to the court document consulted by The Journalthe victim would have suffered her first attack around the date of her 14e birthday.
This new victim joins ten others who were allegedly victims of sexual crimes by Robert Miller between 1994 and 2016. All but two were minors at the time of the events.
The alleged crimes all took place in the metropolis.
Note, however, that the businessman has never appeared in person in court since 21 charges were brought against him last May, due to health problems.
The founder of Future Electronics had even tried, in vain, to drop the accusations since he was seriously ill.
In addition to being criminally charged, the 81-year-old billionaire faces a class action that could cost him more than $250 million, since he could have claimed up to 100 victims, including one who was only 11 years old. .
Robert Miller’s lawyer, Mr.e Karim Renno also intends to plead the case of Gilbert Rozon, the ousted founder of Just for Laughs. Targeted by a class action by a group of women who accused him of being a sexual predator, he won his case at the Court of Appeal, which ruled that each complainant must file an individual civil suit.
This lawsuit brought by nine alleged victims is currently in court at the Montreal courthouse.
