sex offender

By Dan Laxer
The Suburban

A week after accused sex offender Robert Miller appealed the class action suit against him, the billionaire has opted, through his lawyers, for a trial by judge and jury in the three criminal cases against him.

Miller is 81 and said to be bedridden, too sick to appear in court.

Last Tuesday his lawyers, Isabella Teolis and Nicolas St-Jacques of the Roy, St-Jacques, Teolis law firm, appeared at the Montreal courthouse for a hearing. Teolis asked for a preliminary hearing in two of the three cases, to determine if there is enough evidence for the cases to go to trial. Preliminary hearings or preliminary inquiries are held, in Canada, for an indictable offense that is punishable by 14 years or more in prison.

As is now well-known, the Westmount resident stands accused of several sex charges involving women who say that they had been recruited by Miller, through accomplices, and paid for sex when they were minors. The cases are said to have taken place between 1994 and 2016. The plaintiffs allege they had been brought to hotel rooms, or in some cases to Miller’s home.

Miller was arrested in May of 2024. An accomplice, 67-year-old Teresita Fuentes, was arrested days later. The Sexual Exploitation Section of the Montreal Police Department charged her with one count of pimping. Police said at the time that her arrest was in connection to one of the (then) 10 victims linked in the charges against Miller. The charge against Fuentes, who is said to be a resident of the same Westmount address as Miller, alleges that she acted as a procurer or a pimp for Miller who did “recruit, hold, conceal or harbour a person who offers or provides/exercises control, direction or influence over the movements of a person who offers or provides sexual services for consideration.” She also asked for a trial by judge and jury. The case against her returns to court in May.

Miller is the former owner of Future Electronics, which he sold in 2023 when allegations against him came to light. n