A Laval resident who was looking for prostitutes “aged 12 or 13” will spend Christmas in prison, after being denounced by an escort then trapped by an undercover agent who had posed as a teenager in secondary 2.
“In person, [l’agente double] reminds her of her young age, that she must call the school to justify her absence, that she is in secondary school and above all that she is not comfortable with her request […]. Now, what does he do? He is asking to have a younger daughter,” Montreal judge Guylaine Rivest recently lamented.
Facing her stood Julien Lévesque, a 35-year-old from Laval guilty of attempting to incite sexual contact in 2022.
The affair began when an escort received a request from a potential client who was looking for underage prostitutes. Obviously disgusted, the woman complained to the police, who put an undercover officer on the case.
He is disillusioned
This client ultimately never showed up for the appointment set by the undercover agent. But shortly after, it was Julien Lévesque who contacted her. A meeting was then arranged, with the sexual services he desired.
“On the way, she reiterates to him that she does not have much experience, because she is only 15 years old,” recounts the judge. She asks him if it bothers him and he says 'no'. »
To play the game, the agent then pretended to call her school to justify her absence, mentioning in passing that she was in secondary 2.
Lévesque, obviously satisfied, then began to smile, but he quickly became disillusioned when a patrol car got in his way and he was handcuffed.
Good rehabilitation
Rather than go to trial, he chose to plead guilty, hoping to get out of house arrest.
Since his arrest, Lévesque seems to have gotten back in control with serious therapy.
“He demonstrates that he has learned from his mistakes, expresses regrets that appear sincere and cares about the victims of this type of offense […]he is aware that he must now face the consequences of his actions and take responsibility,” noted the judge, adding that the accused could count on the support of his family.
Despite all these favorable and encouraging elements, and even if his rehabilitation is “well advanced”, Lévesque was not able to escape prison, given the importance of denouncing sexual crimes which endanger minors.
He thus received 10 months of incarceration, ordered the judge, hoping that he would not be “discouraged” and that he would continue his therapeutic efforts.
Once released, Lévesque will have to submit to two years' probation.
