Gilbert Rozon’s $14M sex assault civil trial now up to judge

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Montreal – after 10 long months, a civil trial, which plays for the impresario, Quebec Gilbert Rozon against nine plaintiffs accusing him of sexual violence, came to an end.

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The 70-year-old Roson is a total of almost 14 million US dollars in the form of losses on charges of sexual violence and misconduct.

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The alleged incidents occurred from 1980 to 2004, in the period when it founded only for laughter.

He denied the accusations and said that women formed a coalition against him for the purpose of weaving.

Rozon left only for laughter in 2017, and then sold the company.

The judge of the Supreme Court in Quebec Changel Trouble will now be six months to make his decision, according to the Code of the Civil Procedure Code of Quebec.

Nine women-patriks of Tulasne, Lin Charlebua, Ann-Marrett, Annik Sharrett, Sophie Moro, Dani Frenett, Guineline Conderles, Mary Sikari and Martin Roy, as well as trials against Roson.

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“From the very beginning, we told our truth, the truth,” Tulasne told reporters after the full last day of the hearing.

“When we hear the other side contradicts us, it hurts, but I am glad that I said, I am freed, and I did what I had to do, the rest are not up to me.”

Rozon was not present on Monday, as the case ended after six days of the closure of the arguments.

Present plaintiffs told reporters that they did not regret that they had come to court and put themselves in the spotlight in recent months.

“I insist that all victims of sexual violence condemn this,” Tulasne said. “This is very important, the more it comes forward, the more justice will develop.”

In addition to the most intensive civil process, the trial also checked new restrictions on the Civil Code regarding interrogation in cases of sexual message.

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Changes – adopted a few days before the start of the trial in December 2024 – prohibit the issues of lawyers who suggest the sexual past of the alleged victim or their decision to remain in contact with the alleged offender damage their authority. Changes in the Civil Code of Quebec say that there is a “presumption of the irrelevant evidence on the basis of myths and stereotypes recognized in criminal law.”

Rozon’s lawyers tried to challenge new restrictions, but subsequently the plaintiffs advised the court that they would not be aimed at referring to the provision of the Civil Code.

I also heard the arguments on the issue of the Civil Code, and lawyers from the Prosecutor General of the province showed testimony at the end of last week.

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