Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who has already been accused by dozens of women of recruiting minors to satisfy his sexual urges, also allegedly helped other wealthy men obtain youth prostitution services, according to a new lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court of Quebec was filed.
Published at 7:30 p.m.
The plaintiff behind this lawsuit against the founder of the multinational company Future Electronics is identified only by the initials AB in the petition. The document filed with the Montreal court was written by his lawyer, Me Maryse Lapointe.
“AB was a victim of sexual exploitation within a network to recruit young girls for sex work created by defendant Robert Gerald Miller and representatives of Future Electronics Inc., a network in which she was sexually abused numerous times,” the lawsuit states .
The woman claims to have come into contact with this network when she responded to a classified ad between 1994 and 1995 as a minor. The recruitment was coordinated by Raymond Poulet, an associate of the billionaire.
Wealthy and influential men
“Some young girls were recruited […] also met other wealthy and influential men who moved in the circles of Miller and Poulet,” the request states.
“Plaintiff was forced to have sexual relations with many mature men, whose identities she did not know, every week for several years, all at the direction of Poulet, who was paid by Future, for the benefit of Miller,” the lawsuit says.
AB then claims that Poulet “made her his partner” and that she had a child with him while under his influence. She also says she was paid by Robert Miller to spy on Mr Poulet when he allegedly threatened to tell police what he knew about the prostitution network.
The woman also mentions that when Montreal police conducted an investigation into Mr. Miller’s actions, she was interviewed in the presence of a lawyer “who posed as the victims’ advocate” but who was “probably” paid by Future Electronics.
This lawyer, myself Stephen Angers, “was present more to prevent the victims from speaking.”
“As a result, Miller bears sole responsibility for the violations of Plaintiff’s rights committed within that network and for the sexual assaults she suffered there throughout the years,” the lawsuit says, which seeks damages in the amount of Demands $10 million for AB.
Raymond Poulet, contacted by La Presse, flatly denied the prosecution’s allegations but did not want to elaborate further before consulting his lawyer.
Attorney Stephen Angers, an experienced criminal defense attorney who has worked on several major trials for years, also disputed the portrait painted by the prosecution.
“Of course, I cannot discuss my relationships with my clients because I am subject to confidentiality. But in any case, I treat my customers and the other people I come into contact with in my work with respect and humanity, always in accordance with my code of ethics,” he emphasized during a short telephone interview.
False claims, according to the billionaire
Robert Miller’s attorney declined to immediately comment on the allegations because he had not yet reviewed the new lawsuit. From the first testimony accusing him of preying on underage girls, Mr. Miller had denounced “malicious,” “false” and “completely unfounded” allegations in a press release. He rejected them “categorically and vehemently”, arguing that they “grew up after a bitter divorce” and are now “repeating for financial reasons”.
The affair began with the broadcast of a report on Radio Canada’s Enquête in February. The journalistic investigation named around ten women who say they had sex for money with billionaire Robert Miller, the founder of Future Electronics, between 1994 and 2006. Six of them allegedly said they were minors at the time.
The report describes an entire system of recruiting, monitoring and distributing gifts and money to the girls.
The story so far
- On February 2, Radio-Canada broadcast a report on “the Miller System.” Around ten women say they had sex for money with the billionaire between 1994 and 2006, including six who say they were underage at the time.
- On February 3, Robert Miller resigned as president of the multinational company he founded, Future Electronics, and denied the allegations against him. He remains the owner of the company.
- On February 22, a woman filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all of the teenage girls who were allegedly recruited to provide sexual services to Mr. Miller. The plaintiff in this case states that she was hired in approximately 1996 when she was 17 years old.
- On May 10, a woman individually filed a new lawsuit against Robert Miller and several co-defendants. She is seeking $8 million in damages.
- As of August 12, the class action lawsuit now includes 36 plaintiffs after the addition of several women.