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Firm files application for class action against Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex

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The lawsuit, which has not yet been authorized to proceed, targets Miller and the Montreal-based company Future Electronics, for $1.5 million in punitive damages for the lead plaintiff and for amounts to be determined for the other alleged victims.

Montreal law firm files application to launch suit against Robert G. Miller

The Canadian Press

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Canadian businessman Robert G. Miller is the founder of Quebec multinational company Future Electronics. (Submitted by name withheld)

A Montreal law firm has filed an application for a class-action lawsuit against a prominent Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex.

Consumer Law Group is representing the lead plaintiff, a Montreal woman who was 17 at the time she allegedly met Robert G. Miller and who saw him about 10 times for sex over a two-year period, according to the allegations of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit targets Miller and the Montreal-based company he helped found, Future Electronics, for $1.5 million in punitive damages for the lead plaintiff and for amounts to be determined for the other alleged victims.

Earlier this month, Miller announced he was stepping down from his role as chairman and CEO of the company to focus on protecting his reputation amid allegations — originally reported by Radio-Canada and the CBC — that he allegedly gave girls aged 14 to 17 cash and gifts in exchange for sex between 1994 and 2006.

Miller has denied the allegations, describing them in a statement as malicious and “false and wholly unsubstantiated.” Multiple attempts to reach Miller today were unsuccessful.

Future Electronics did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and none of the allegations have been proven in court.

Jeffrey Orenstein, the lawyer leading the lawsuit, is encouraging people to come forward and assures anonymity for anyone who decides to take part in the class action.

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