- Canadian Gilbert Rozon was a judge on the hit TV show France’s Got Talent
- He has been publicly accused of being an ‘aggressor’ by a number of women
- Rozon has also had to step down from his role on the Just For Laughs festival
- Montreal police have launched an investigation into Rozon over the claims
A French television channel pulled a hit talent show Thursday on which Canadian producer Gilbert Rozon is a judge after he was accused of sexual assault and harassment.
Rozon stepped down as boss of the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal Wednesday after a comedian publicly accused him of being an ‘aggressor’ following allegations from a number of women.
Montreal police have opened an investigation into an alleged sexual aggression involving Rozon that took place in Paris in 1994, Radio Canada reported.
Gilbert Rozon was due to appear in France’s Got Talent until he became embroiled in the growing celebrity sexual harassment controversy following the Harvey Weinstein revelations
Rozon was the founder of the Montreal Just of Laughs comedy festival
Rozon has been forced to step down from his role with the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival after being accused of abusing his position in a similar manner to Harvey Weinstein
The M6 channel said it was suspending ‘France’s Got Talent’ – which was due to air next week – ‘without judging the truth’ of the accusations against Rozon, who acts as the Simon Cowell figure on the show’s panel of judges.
The 62-year-old impresario is the latest powerful male figure to be caught in the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, with the Hollywood mogul accused of decades of sexual abuse and harassment.
‘Shaken by the allegations against me, I want to dedicate all my time to review the matter,’ Rozon wrote on Facebook.
‘To all those who I may have offended in my life, I’m sincerely sorry.’
An M6 spokesman told AFP that the show had not been scrapped. ‘Its broadcast has been suspended but it will return later,’ he said.