Quebec Court of Appeal allows Gilbert Rozon to challenge class-action lawsuit
MONTREAL — Quebec’s top court will allow Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to appeal a decision that authorized a class-action lawsuit brought against him by several women for alleged harassment and sexual assault.
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Mark Schrager ruled Wednesday that three of his colleagues will hear Rozon’s legal challenge on a priority basis.
The 63-year-old impresario is being sued for $10 million by a group of women known as “Les Courageuses” (“The Courageous Ones”), who allege he abused at least 20 women between 1982 and 2016.
Aside from actress Patricia Tulasne, the lead plaintiff in the case, the women’s identities have not been made public.