MONTREAL — After 10 long months, the civil trial pitting Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon against nine plaintiffs accusing him of sexual assault has come to an end.

The 70-year-old Rozon is being sued for a total of nearly $14 million in damages over allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.

The alleged incidents occurred between 1980 and 2004, during a period when he founded Just for Laughs.

He has denied the allegations and said that the women have formed a coalition against him with the aim of getting rich.

Rozon stepped down from Just for Laughs in 2017 and later sold the company.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay will now have six months as per the Quebec Civil Code to render her ruling.

Nine women — Patricia Tulasne, Lyne Charlebois, Anne-Marie Charrette, Annick

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