That lawsuit names Miller and Future Electronics and seeks $1.5 million in punitive damages per alleged victim as well as additional claims for psychological damage. In February, Consumer Law Group filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of alleged victims of Miller. Prosecutors have confirmed they did not pursue charges. Montreal police investigated allegations against Miller in 20 and submitted a file to the provincial prosecution service. In past media statements, Future Electronics has said that Miller "adamantly and vehemently denies the malicious allegations made against him" and that they are "false and wholly unsubstantiated." Requests for comment were not returned Thursday from representatives for Miller, Future Electronics or the hotel. is seeking a total of $1 million in compensatory damages from Miller, Abrams and Lippmann $500,000 from both Abrams and Lippmann in punitive damages $5 million from Miller in punitive damages and $250,000 from the hotel. argue that hotel employees or management should have known young girls were visiting Miller on a regular basis inside hotel suites.Ī.B. The suit also names the Queen Elizabeth hotel. It says the two executives "actively participated in the activities of the network and that they knew or at least should have known the direct consequences of these activities on the victims." It alleges that two longtime vice-presidents at Future Electronics - Sam Joseph Abrams and Helmut Lippmann - acted as intermediaries for Miller. But in 2022, she was allegedly offered money by his representatives after she told them she had been contacted by CBC and Radio-Canada, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit says she cut off contact with Miller in 2016. "The plaintiff, a minor in full adolescence, was at that time not only vulnerable, but also easily influenced and impressionable," the lawsuit says.ĭuration 45:05 Allegations a Canadian billionaire paid teens for sex. allegedly first had sex with Miller in 2001 at the Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal. She says she was a minor from a modest-income, immigrant family when she was recruited by a high school friend who told her about a large sum of money she had received from Miller. The women described a recruitment system involving people close to Miller, with victims receiving expensive gifts and envelopes of cash in exchange for sex with him.Ī.B.'s lawsuit makes similar claims, which have not been tested in court. The reports by CBC and Radio-Canada spoke to 10 women, including six who were minors when they were allegedly paid for sex other women came forward after the reports aired. Miller stepped down as chairman and CEO of Future Electronics in February to focus on protecting his reputation amid reports that he allegedly gave young women - including some minors - cash, trips and extravagant gifts in exchange for sex between 19. The lawsuit says the complainant, identified as A.B., was a victim of his "planned system of sexual exploitation of minor or recently adult girls" and that she became dependent on the money and luxury he allegedly provided to her. Montreal-based law firm CaLex filed an $8-million lawsuit Wednesday naming Robert Miller, the company he founded - Future Electronics - two vice-presidents with the firm and a downtown Montreal hotel where some sexual encounters allegedly took place. WARNING: This story contains graphic content some readers may find disturbing.Īn alleged victim of a prominent Quebec businessman accused of sexually exploiting minors and young adults has filed a lawsuit claiming he victimized her for nearly 20 years and first recruited her for sex when she was under 18.
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