Just for Laughs Founder Gilbert Rozon Found Not Guilty on Rape Charge

Just for Laughs Founder Gilbert Rozon Found Not Guilty on Rape Charge
Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon walks the hallways of the courthouse waiting for the verdict on his sexual assault trial in Montreal on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press
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MONTREAL—Former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon, founder of the Just for Laughs festival, has been found not guilty on charges of rape and indecent assault.

The accusations against Rozon stemmed from a night in 1980 in St-Sauveur, Que., when he was 25 years old. The wording of the charges was based on what was in the Criminal Code at the time.