Sam Abrams

by Dan Laxer
The Suburban

Robert Miller, accused of several counts of sex charges perpetrated against at least 46 alleged victims, is appealing a Superior Court decision to allow a class action suit against him to go forward.

The decision was rendered by Judge Catherine Piché last January 14, as reported in The Suburban. Miller’s lawyers filed the appeal in the late afternoon of February 19.

The billionaire’s legal team is saying the judge made several errors, particularly in allowing anonymous testimony from Miller’s alleged victims. They argue that the judge should rather have stuck to the three original accusations.

The appeal says that the judge’s ruling failed to find enough commonalities to justify the class action, which names not only Miller, but his former company, Future Electronics, along with three alleged cohorts – Helmut Lippmann, Sam Abrams, and Raymond Poulet.

This is in addition to the four civil suits and the 24 criminal counts that Miller is facing.

In her ruling, Judge Piché says that there were about 100 victims, all minors between the age of 11 and 17, selected for Miller and brought to him at hotel rooms. They were given money, clothing, jewellery, or even trips.