MONTREAL — Gilbert Rozon, the founder and majority shareholder of Just For Laughs, refuted all allegations of sexual misconduct against him on Wednesday in his first public remarks since being accused last October. Rozon told a reporter for the TVA news agency outside the Montreal courthouse he apologizes if anyone felt his advances were out of place. “I never had sex with anyone against their will,” said the businessman, who founded one of the city’s most famous summer festivals. In response to the allegations, Rozon said he would sell his majority shares in the Just for Laughs company he founded in 1983. Media giant Quebecor — which owns the TVA news agency — is claiming the embattled, Montreal-based Just For Laughs company cannot be sold without its consent.

Source: National Post February 07, 2018 23:15 UTC