Inconclusive end to Robert Miller’s sex crimes trial denies plaintiffs closure [Video]

For the alleged victims of billionaire Robert Miller, the feeling of betrayal began to sink in Monday when the Crown and Miller’s defence team both agreed the 81-year-old was too sick to stand trial.

The final blow came on Tuesday, when Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie ordered a stay of proceedings, effectively ending the criminal trial.

Miller no longer faces the 24 charges against him related to sex crimes spanning over two decades against 11 women, most of whom were underage at the time of the alleged events.

“The decision to shield him from justice is not only an injustice to each of us, it’s an insult to our suffering and a betrayal by a system that is supposed to protect us,” one of the women who participated in the police investigation told Radio-Canada Monday.

Another woman who accused Miller in Radio-Canada’s Enquêteinvestigation, which brought the allegations to light in 2023, said she worries the proceedings were all …