Gilbert Rozon upon his arrival at the Montreal court on November 6, 2020. – Paul Chiasson / AP / SIPA
She claims 1.7 million Canadian dollars, or 1.1 million euros. Quebec director Lyne Charlebois continues to sue former Quebec humor mogul Gilbert Rozon for alleged rape dating back to 1982.
Gilbert Rozon allegedly raped the director when she was 24 years old. Lyne Charlebois, who was a photographer, explains having met the producer in order to work with him. Gilbert Rozon would have dined with the young woman and her companion at their home. He would then have suggested to Lyne Charlebois to go have a drink and would have invited her to come to his place, where he would have raped her.
An “aggression which profoundly altered the course of his life”
And for nearly forty years, she “has suffered the aftermath of this aggression which has profoundly altered the course of her life”, argue her lawyers at Trudel Johnston & Lespérance. “Lyne Charlebois therefore claims $ 700,000 in compensatory damages from her, as well as $ 1 million in punitive damages for the sexual assault” that she allegedly suffered in 1982, her lawyers said through a communicated.
“I will not comment on the lawsuits at this time,” Gilbert Rozon, 66, said in a statement quoted by Radio-Canada. I have given the mandate to my lawyers to take the measures they deem necessary to ensure my defense. “
The Courageous, a collective bringing together the alleged victims of Rozon
In April, the Quebec actress Patricia Tulasne had claimed for her part 1.6 million Canadian dollars to Gilbert Rozon, for an alleged rape dating from 1994. Lyne Charlebois and Patricia Tulasne participated in the creation of the Courageous, a collective of twenty women presumed victims of the former producer between 1982 and 2016. This group had taken a collective action against Gilbert Rozon, rejected by Canadian justice.
Gilbert Rozon, founder of the group “Just for Laughs”, was the target of accusations of sexual assault in October 2017, which forced him to leave his post in full swing #MeToo. The ex-juror of the show France has an unbelievable talent was acquitted in December in another case of rape and indecent assault charges, according to a petition filed Thursday at the Montreal courthouse.