Robert Miller: Judge hears from ex-employees of Montreal billionaire in sex abuse lawsuit [Video]

A Quebec Superior Court justice will deliberate before deciding whether to authorize a class-action lawsuit against Montreal electronics billionaire Robert Miller, who is accused of paying minors for sex.

On Friday, Justice Catherine Piché heard from lawyers for Sam Joseph Abrams, Raymond Poulet and Helmut Lippmann — all ex-employees of Future Electronics, a company Miller founded and recently sold.

According to the class action, Miller, 81, the company he owned, and his three ex-employees were involved in an alleged scheme to recruit young girls in Montreal to have sex with him in exchange for money and gifts in the 1990s and 2000s.

An investigative report in February 2023 by Radio-Canada and the CBC said Miller allegedly identified himself as an American businessman named Bob Adams who travelled frequently to Montreal, and the encounters are alleged to have taken place in hotels in the city and a private home in Westmount, …