Miller, charged with having sex with minors, was not present for the hearing. The judge set Oct. 1 as the next court date.
Lawyers representing billionaire Robert Miller in the case where he faces charges alleging he paid to have sex with minors represented him in court Wednesday, the first date in his criminal case at the Montreal courthouse.
Miller, who turned 81 on Wednesday, was not required to be present for the hearing. Defence lawyer Isabelle Teolis informed Quebec Court Judge Pierre Belisle that the Crown had disclosed evidence gathered in the Montreal police investigation to her and lawyer Nicolas St-Jacques.
The judge agreed with a defence request to set Oct. 1 as the next court date for Miller and Teresita Fuentes, 67, Miller’s alleged accomplice.
Miller resigned as CEO of Future Electronics, the company he founded, in February 2023, after Radio-Canada’s Enquête program broadcast a story alleging he had paid to have sex with minors. Part of the story focused on how Miller was investigated by the Montreal police’s child sexual exploitation squad in 2009, but the Directeur des poursuites criminelles and pénales decided against filing charges.
A new investigation was launched after the documentary aired. Miller was arrested at the end of May on two warrants listing a total of 21 charges involving 10 alleged victims. The charges include sexual assault; procuring sexual exploitation; inducing prostitution and sexual intercourse with a minor for consideration.
Fuentes is charged with facilitating an offence between January 2015 and 2018.