100 Abuse Victims of Montreal Billionaire Robert Miller, Lawyer Reveals
A Quebec judge is currently hearing arguments this week in a class-action lawsuit application against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller over allegations of paying minors for sex. The lawsuit covers anyone under the age of 18 who was paid for sex by Miller or who was a victim of sexual exploitation by him or any other group determined by the court.
According to lawyer Jeff Orenstein, 51 women have come forward to his firm, but the actual number of victims could be as high as 100. This is because many of the women allegedly said they had recruited others to have sex with the billionaire.
Miller, who is 81 years old, was the subject of a report last February by Radio-Canada and the CBC. The report alleged that he gave cash and gifts to minors in exchange for sex between 1994 and 2006.
In the wake of the report, Miller stepped down as CEO of Future Electronics and sold the company. He was arrested in May on 21 criminal charges involving 10 alleged victims, many of them minors. Miller has denied the allegations in the criminal case and in the class-action lawsuit application, which is currently before the Quebec Superior Court for authorization.
