Mathieu Amadei testified this Friday as part of the civil suit brought by Sophie Moreau against Gilbert Rozon. The television producer would have been the first person to whom Mme Moreau would have confided in what she had experienced. He especially spoke about the impact that Mr. Rozon's actions had on his partner at the time.
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Mr. Amadei was 17 years old when he met Sophie Moreau in the summer of 1989. Like her, he had obtained a summer job at Juste pour Rire. According to his testimony, he crossed paths with Mme Moreau on occasion, since she was a receptionist at the JPR office on rue Sherbrooke, and he worked as a production assistant.
The following summer, they found themselves at JPR as part of their summer job, but it was at Collège Brébeuf, in the fall of 1990, that they truly became friends, before starting to hang out. According to the testimony of Mathieu Amadei, their romantic relationship lasted approximately two years, until August 1992.
It was during the first year of their dating that Sophie Moreau, who is the daughter of the late comedian Jean-Guy Moreau, allegedly confided to him the alleged assaults that she recounted to Judge Chantal Tremblay of the Superior Court on Wednesday.
Read our text on Sophie Moreau’s testimony
“Sophie told me about actions taken by Mr. Rozon in the course of his work, which made her really unhappy,” he said. For me, it was clearly assault. It’s certain that it had an impact on his life, but I can especially tell you about the impact it had on our intimate relationship,” he clarified.
According to her testimony, from the start of their relationship, “Sophie was very nervous and very anxious. She was afraid, despite her clear consent to have an intimate relationship with me. We were unsure whether we should continue seeing each other, it wasn't 100% pleasant. At the same time, there was a desire to continue…”
Following their breakup in 1992, Sophie Moreau and Mathieu Amadei lost sight of each other for a while, before starting to see each other again on a friendly basis.
“Sophie apologized for having been so fearful while we were a couple,” recalled Mathieu Amadei, who today considers Sophie Moreau his best friend. “That’s how I understood that it stemmed from the attacks she had suffered. It also explained the difficult relationships she had with her sister Véronique, because she felt alone in what she was experiencing. »
Robust cross-examination
In his cross-examination, Mr.e Pascal-Alexandre Pelletier attempted to undermine the credibility of Mr. Amadei's testimony, by insisting, among other things, that he did not remember the details of the discussion, nor the duration of the discussion, nor the place where this discussion could have taken place.
Mr. Amadei replied that he remembered the “essence” of what was said.
Me Pelletier also tried to convince Judge Tremblay that his memories at the time were colored by what he had learned over the years. Finally, he suggested that Sophie Moreau was jealous of her sister Véronique, one of the defendant's theories. Mathieu Amadei, who briefly frequented the Moreau family, did not respond to this assertion. At most, he admitted that the relationship between the two sisters was “sometimes tense”.
Véronique Moreau's testimony, which was to take place this Friday, was postponed until early next year. The trial of Gilbert Rozon will take a break during the holiday season. It will resume on January 8 with the testimony of Martine Roy, the former sister-in-law of Mr. Rozon, who is the 9e and last plaintiff and who claims 1.35 million from her ex-brother-in-law.
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