He "adamantly and vehemently denies the malicious allegations," contained in an Enquête report that he paid to have sex with minors.
Robert Miller, the founder of Pointe-Claire-based Future Electronics, is stepping down as president and CEO of the private company following a report by Radio-Canada’s Enquête that alleged he paid to have sex with minors.
“Despite not being involved in the day-to-day operations for a number of years — chairman, president and CEO Robert G. Miller will permanently step down to focus on his very serious health issues and devote his attention to pursuing legal action related to allegations made by the CBC (which also broadcast the story through the Fifth Estate),” the company said in a release.
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Omar Baig, the company’s chief operating officer, will replace Miller as president and CEO.
Six women came forward and alleged to Enquête and the Fifth Estate that Miller had sex with them while they were minors and that he gave gave them cash and expensive gifts while they knew him. The reports were broadcast Thursday night. The Montreal police investigated the allegations in 2009 but no charges were filed. As part of that investigation, a search warrant was carried out at the company’s offices in Pointe-Claire on Nov. 4, 2009.
The police investigation was touched off by a private investigation by John Westlake and Andre Savard, both retired Montreal police detectives. According to Enquête, Miller’s then-wife asked them to look into her husband’s activities when she suspected he was having sex with minors.
Enquête also reported that Miller is in the late stages of Parkinson’s disease.
“Mr. Miller adamantly and vehemently denies the malicious allegations made against him, and confirms they are false and wholly unsubstantiated and that they arose as a result of a bitter divorce. They are now being repeated for financial gain. A police investigation was conducted into these allegations and the authorities determined that they were unfounded. Mr. Miller will take all measures to vigorously pursue legal action against those whom he categorically believes to have set out to malign his character,” the company stated.
Also Friday morning, Quebec’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions DPCP tweeted: “Following the program Enquête on February 2, 2023, the DPCP invites any person, victim or witness, who has information concerning the facts reported in this report to communicate it to the Montreal police. If new elements are submitted to the Montreal police, the DPCP intends to work in collaboration with the investigators and will review the file in light of them.
Future Electronics was founded in 1968 and has 5,500 employees with 170 offices in 44 countries, including its head office on Hymus Blvd. in Pointe-Claire.
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