Robert Miller appeals Quebec Superior Court's authorization of class action

Robert Miller's legal team is appealing a Quebec Superior Court decision that authorized a class-action lawsuit against the billionaire, his company, Future Electronics, and purported accomplices, for allegedly paying minors for sex.

The appeal was filed at the Quebec Court of Appeal's registry late Wednesday afternoon.

The lawsuit was brought forward by three women who, according to the decision, "claim to have been victims of a juvenile prostitution system organized for the sexual benefit" of Miller.

"These extremely serious acts allegedly took place over several years, when they were between the ages of 11 and 17," Judge Catherine Piché wrote in her Jan. 14 ruling authorizing the lawsuit.

Miller's lawyers argue that the judge erred in accepting 46 anonymous statements from alleged victims in the authorization request, instead of limiting the case to the initial three.

The businessman, who is in the advanced stages of Parkinson's disease, also faces four civil lawsuits and 24 criminal charges.

Last month, Piché concluded that approximately 100 minors, aged 11 to 17, between 1994 and 2006, could be affected by this case involving a network of recruiting minors for the billionaire's benefit.