Former associate of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller arrested on sexual assault, prostitution charges
An arrest warrant filed in court states that Raymond Poulet, 76, has been charged with 10 criminal offences relating to sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching, and forcing someone into prostitution.
Poulet, a Montreal resident, is a former executive with Future Electronics Inc., founded by Miller, whose criminal trial on multiple sex-related offences, also involving minors, came to a halt last month. A judge issued a stay of proceedings after ruling the 81-year-old, who suffers from an advanced form of Parkinson's disease, was too ill to stand trial for 24 sex-related charges involving 11 women.
Miller has always denied the allegations.
Poulet is one of three ex-employees named as defendants in a 2023 class-action lawsuit who was involved in an alleged scheme to recruit young girls in Montreal to have sex with Miller in exchange for money and gifts in the 1990s and 2000s.
The criminal charges against Poulet filed this week involve three alleged victims identified by their initials in the court document. The alleged offences took place between 1995 and 2001 in Montreal.
Montreal police (SPVM) confirmed Friday that a 76-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday in relation to their investigation into Miller, but did not name him. In a news release, the police said the suspect was part of Miller's 'inner circle' and was released from custody on a promise to appear in court at a later date with conditions to follow.
A spokesperson for the Crown prosecution office could not say when he is expected to appear in court.
Poulet is the second person with ties to Miller to be criminally charged. Montreal police arrested a 68-year-old woman named Teresita Fuentes in June 2024. Fuentes and Miller both live at the same address, according to court records. The charges against Fuentes alleges she procured a victim for sexual services between Jan. 1, 2015 and Jan. 28, 2018.
The new charges against Poulet come one day after the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that had dismissed an $8-million lawsuit against Miller. The plaintiff, a woman whose name cannot be published, alleged that as of age 17, she had been the victim of a network of sexual exploitation of underage girls set up by Miller and his associates.
She was allegedly led to offer sexual services to Miller in exchange for luxury gifts, remuneration and travel.
The Superior Court ruled that she could not pursue the lawsuit because she had accepted $50,000 during a meeting with Miller's lawyer. The plaintiff claimed the money was given to her as a gift, which the judge had rejected.
By overturning the ruling, the Court of Appeal has given the plaintiff the right to sue Miller.
The law firm representing the woman said in a statement to CTV News on Friday that her lawyers were pleased with the appeal court's decision, given the 'seriousness' of the civil case.
'This decision ensures that our client's full side of the story will heard before the trial courts.'
With files from CTV News' Erika Morris
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