Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon asked to explain comments on 1998 sex assault

MONTRÉAL — Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon was asked to explain his public comments from 2011 about a sexual assault as he pursued his testimony in a high-profile civil trial in Montreal.
The comments were raised by lawyer Bruce Johnston, who represents nine women suing the disgraced former comedy mogul for nearly $14 million in Superior Court.
Rozon had made the comments in an interview he gave to TV personality Josélito Michaud in 2011 about an assault of a woman at a