Quebec billionaire Robert Miller arrested, charged with sex offences against 10 victims

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Reclusive Quebec billionaire Robert G. Miller, who allegedly paid several young girls large sums of money in exchange for sexual favours, was arrested Thursday afternoon and faces 21 charges, including sexual assault, obtaining sexual services for consideration and several counts of sexual exploitation of minors.

Montreal businessman accused of sexual assault, sexual exploitation of minors

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Radio-Canada’s Enquête and CBC’s The Fifth Estate made public the stories of several young women who say Robert G. Miller paid them for sex when they were minors, between 1994 and 2006. Miller was arrested in Montreal on Thursday. (Forbes/Lumisculpt/Asbed)

Reclusive Quebec billionaire Robert G. Miller, who allegedly paid several young girls large sums of money in exchange for sexual favours, was arrested Thursday afternoon and faces 21 charges, including sexual assault, obtaining sexual services for consideration and several counts of sexual exploitation of minors.

The former owner of Future Electronics was arrested in Montreal.

Miller is alleged to have committed the offences against 10 victims between 1994 and 2016, Montreal police said. 

The charges are the culmination of a year-long police investigation, which was triggered by a CBC/Radio-Canada investigation that aired in February 2023.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brigitte Noël is a journalist with the investigative program Enquête at Radio-Canada.

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