Just for Laughs Founder Ordered to Pay $880K

It's March 31st.

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Gilbert Roseon, the guy who started the Just for Life's Festival, just got hit with

a court order to pay more than $880,000 to eight women who accused him of sexual assault

and misconduct.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Trimbley laid down the ruling in a decision drop

today.

The women had sued him for close to $14 million over incidents from 1980 to 2004, back when

he was building that.

Big comedy empire.

Roseon pushed back hard, denying everything, and claiming the accusers teamed up just to

cash in on him.

He stepped down from the festival in 2017 and sold it off later.

The eight women are set to talk to reporters later today, so we'll hear more straight

from them as this keeps unfolding.