As much as 100 abuse victims of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, lawyer says

A Quebec justice is proceeding arguments this week successful a class-action lawsuit exertion against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller implicit allegations helium paid minors for sex.

The projected suit includes anyone nether the property of 18 who was paid for enactment by Miller oregon who was a unfortunate of intersexual exploitation by him oregon by immoderate different radical determined by the court.

Lawyer Jeff Orenstein told a proceeding contiguous that 51 women person travel guardant to his firm, but helium says the existent fig of victims could beryllium arsenic precocious arsenic 100 due to the fact that galore of the women allegedly said they had recruited others to person enactment with the billionaire.

Miller, 81, was the taxable of a study past February by Radio-Canada and the CBC that said helium allegedly gave currency and gifts to minors successful speech for enactment betwixt 1994 and 2006.

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In the aftermath of the report, Miller stepped down arsenic CEO of Future Electronics and sold the company.

He was arrested successful May connected 21 transgression charges involving 10 alleged victims, galore of them minors.

Miller has denied the allegations successful the transgression lawsuit and successful the class-action suit application, which is earlier the Quebec Superior Court for authorization.