A dying Canadian billionaire, accused of sexually abusing children and young women, could be sued if his body is defrosted and reanimated in the future.
Robert Miller, dubbed Canada’s Jeffrey Epstein, is facing a class action lawsuit brought by several woman who claim he groomed and sexually abused them, some while they were underage.
The 80-year-old suffers from a heart condition and late-stage Parkinson’s and is reportedly close to death.
He is a big donor to cryonics – where bodies are deep frozen with the hope of being revived – and is said to have discussed being frozen himself.
Miller’s alleged victims fear he will die before the case gets to court. But legal experts have floated the idea that if the businessman is brought back to life, he could still be sued, The Times reports.
Who is Robert Miller?
Miller is one of the world’s most secretive billionaires who, in 1968, founded Future Electronics, a company that distributes electronic components.
The firm was hugely successful becoming a multibillion dollar global empire, but Miller avoids the spotlight, giving just a handful of interviews over the years.
It’s also reported the father-of-two does not allow his photo to be taken, with around three pictures coming up if you Google his name.
Due to his elusiveness, many of the women who accuse Miller of abuse didn’t realise who he was when they were targeted.
What is he accused of?
The first accusations came to light in September last year when a joint investigation by Radio-Canada’s Enquête and the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) was broadcast.
Around a dozen women say that between 1994 and 2006 Miller recruited them into a prostitution ring he and some of his employees ran.
Several believe they were approached because of their poor or difficult backgrounds. Miller apparently promised to help them, but never did.
Affidavits seen by The Times allege he offered his victims envelopes with cash in return for sex and sharing intimate baths.
Following the broadcast, the lawyer involved in the case, Jeffrey Orenstein, said up to 50 women had reached out to claim they had also been abused by Miller, some as far back as the 70s.
One of the women, whose name is given as Carmen, thinks she may be among his first alleged victims. She, like many of the other women and girls, knew him as Bob.
She said Miller had been a family friend and in 1977, when she was 12, he forced himself upon her while he was babysitting one night.
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