Collective Action: Rozon does not want to be called “predator”

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Michael Nguyen

Thursday, march 1, 2018 08:08

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The former big boss of Just for laughs, Gilbert Rozon does not want to be called “predator” and wants to force a group of women to remove this word from the collective action of the aimed.

“[This term] is libelous and defamatory in addition to being non-relevant “, are speaking out, the lawyers Rozon, in a request that The Newspaper was able to review.

Rozon was again replicated to the collective action brought by The Brave, a group of women claiming to have been assaulted by the magnate of humor fallen between 1982 and 2016. This group, which brings together, for the moment, some twenty women, claims a minimum of $ 10 million in compensation, collective, in addition to amounts the individual non-encrypted.

“Rozon is a man of 63 years old who was assaulted and sexually harassed many women and girls on a period of a minimum of 34 years, so it deserves the qualification of” sexual predator “, one can read in the application of collective action.

The Bold also indicate that Rozon has already “raped, assaulted and harassed” women.

“Rape “

In addition to wanting to remove the term “predator” to the request of the group, Rozon was also against the word ” rape “. According to him, this term refers to a criminal act so that collective action takes place in civil court.

Note that since 1983, the word “rape” has been removed from the criminal Code, which now employs the term ” sexual assault “. The term “predator” appears nowhere in the criminal Code.

The ex-magnate of humor asserts that only the criminal chamber of the tribunal ” may rule on the qualification of crime “, even if one regularly sees victims turn to the civil order to obtain compensation for acts which may also be criminals.

Rozon says also that the passages referring to a police investigation on him are “not relevant” to the civil chamber of the superior Court of Quebec.

Unless an agreement between the parties, a judge will have to decide on the requests of Rozon. The superior Court has not yet decided if the action of the Brave may or may not go ahead.