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CTV News
07-08-2025
- CTV News
Close associate of billionaire Robert Miller acquitted of pimping charges
The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz A close associate of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who was facing charges of pimping, has been acquitted, Noovo Info has learned. In an email, the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales (DPCP) confirmed that during an Aug. 6 court hearing, Crown prosecutors told Judge Marie Kettlyne Ruben they did not have enough evidence to present against Teresita Fuentes, leading to her acquittal. The 67-year-old woman was arrested by Montreal police (SPVM) in June 2024 in connection with one of Miller's alleged victims. At the time, police said Fuentes was part of Miller's 'entourage.' According to court documents, Fuentes and Miller lived at the same address. Her arrest warrant alleged that she procured a victim for sexual services between Jan. 1, 2015, and Jan. 28, 2018. In June, a Quebec Superior Court judge suspended 24 sex-related charges against Miller, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease, declaring he was too ill to stand trial. In an oral decision, Justice Lyne Décarie said the 81-year-old's right to a fair trial would be jeopardized if the legal proceedings continued. 'The medical evidence shows that the applicant's poor physical health would render him unable to participate meaningfully … and that the trial process would cause significant harm to his health,' Décarie said. Most of the 11 women involved in the case were minors at the time of the alleged events. With files from CTV News' Joe Lefaro and The Canadian Press.
CBC
07-08-2025
- CBC
Charges dropped against alleged accomplice to Robert Miller
All charges have been dropped against a woman who police alleged was an accomplice to Montreal billionaire Robert Miller's alleged sex crimes, according to her lawyer. Montreal police arrested Teresita Fuentes in June of 2024. She was charged with procuring sexual services in connection with one of Miller's alleged victims. Lawyer Valérie Acosta told CBC News in an email that "the Crown has announced it no longer has evidence to offer in my client's case. Consequently, she was acquitted." The charges against Miller and Fuentes were the culmination of a yearlong police investigation, which was triggered by a CBC/Radio-Canada investigation that aired in February 2023. Miller was facing 24 charges related to sex crimes involving 11 women, most of whom were minors at the time of the alleged crimes which took place between 1994 and 2016. Back in June, Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie ruled Miller is too sick to stand trial and ordered a stay of proceedings, effectively ending the criminal trial. Chief prosecutor Dominique Potvin said that Miller, 81, has the most advanced stage of Parkinson's disease as well as heart and respiratory problems. He is bedridden, incontinent, needs to receive oxygen periodically, struggles to write and can only say a few words at a time without getting exhausted, he said. Soon after he was charged, Miller said he was innocent and signalled his intention to fight the allegations. He said that "the clear motivation behind this whole case, dating back as far as 30 years ago, is easy financial gain" at his expense. More recently, Montreal police have arrested a man who allegedly assisted Miller by organizing a network to sexually exploit young women and girls. Raymond Poulet, 76, faces 10 charges, including sexual assault, sexual touching and compelling someone into prostitution. The 81-year-old businessman is also the subject of two civil lawsuits, including a class action with more than 50 plaintiffs which was authorized to proceed by the Superior Court. Miller is appealing that authorization and contests the allegations of the suit.
