Founder of Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Take Stand at Rape Trial and Denies Charge

Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon walks the hall of the courthouse as he arrives for the beginning of his sexual assault trial in Montreal on Oct. 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

MONTREAL—Gilbert Rozon, the founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival, took the stand at his rape trial Wednesday and testified that it was his accuser who got into bed with him.

He told the court he remembers thinking, “She’s really weird.”