Four more women have joined a class-action lawsuit alleging Montreal billionaire Robert Miller regularly paid minors for sex, and one of the newest plaintiffs says she was only 11 years old during her first sexual encounter with him.
“We expect at least 50 people to join the class action,” wrote Jeff Orenstein of Consumer Law Group in an e-mail to Radio-Canada.
On Monday afternoon, the lawyers heading the class-action suit took steps to freeze the billionaire’s assets in order to ensure that the alleged victims would be compensated should they win their case in court.
A few weeks after the Enquête report aired in February, Miller allegedly transferred his luxurious Westmount home, valued at $9.5 million, to a shell company run by his son for the sum of $1.
Orenstein says he has contacted several government agencies, including the Canadian and Quebec justice ministries as well as several members of Parliament, in hopes that regulators will force Future Electronics to deposit the proceeds of its sale in Canada.
“We believe that, if the sale of Future Electronics goes ahead without conditions or constraints, there is a risk that the plaintiffs will not receive compensation, even in the event of a favourable judgment,” he said.
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Four more women have joined a class-action lawsuit alleging Montreal billionaire Robert Miller regularly paid minors for sex, and one of the newest plaintiffs says she was only 11 years old during her first sexual encounter with him.
“We expect at least 50 people to join the class action,” wrote Jeff Orenstein of Consumer Law Group in an e-mail to Radio-Canada.
On Monday afternoon, the lawyers heading the class-action suit took steps to freeze the billionaire’s assets in order to ensure that the alleged victims would be compensated should they win their case in court.
A few weeks after the Enquête report aired in February, Miller allegedly transferred his luxurious Westmount home, valued at $9.5 million, to a shell company run by his son for the sum of $1.
Orenstein says he has contacted several government agencies, including the Canadian and Quebec justice ministries as well as several members of Parliament, in hopes that regulators will force Future Electronics to deposit the proceeds of its sale in Canada.
“We believe that, if the sale of Future Electronics goes ahead without conditions or constraints, there is a risk that the plaintiffs will not receive compensation, even in the event of a favourable judgment,” he said.
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