Judge says Miller’s alleged actions are “extremely serious acts” against girls between 11 and 17
A Quebec Superior Court justice has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex.
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In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Catherine Piche said the lawsuit brought by three plaintiffs against Miller, his former company, as well as a handful of executives and alleged accomplices can go ahead.
Piche described Miller’s alleged actions as “extremely serious acts” against girls between the ages of 11 and 17, over a period spanning 1994 through 2006.
Miller also faces a number of other civil lawsuits filed by four individual complainants. A fifth lawsuit has been rejected and that decision is being appealed.
The 81-year-old founder of global company, Future Electronics, has repeatedly denied the allegations and argued that the women should sue him individually instead of together in a class action.
The billionaire, who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, also faces 24 criminal charges, including sexual assault, sexual interference and enticing a person to commit prostitution. He denies those charges.
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