- Guy Cloutier
Guy Cloutier (born in 1940 in
Chicoutimi ,Quebec ,Canada ) is an entertainment industry producer.Cloutier adapted reality TV to the Quebec market. Entertainers
Stéphanie Cloutier andVéronique Cloutier are his daughters, and his son in law isColorado Avalanche 's goaltenderJosé Theodore .On December 20, 2004, he was sentenced to 3 and a half years (42 months) in prison for sexually abusing
Nathalie Simard .Career
He started in managing and music production by forming
Productions Guy Cloutier in 1969, becoming famous for launching the career of child singing sensation René Simard. He producedLoft Story , a made-in-Quebec reality TV show, andTaillefer & filles , a cooking show where mother and daughter Claudette and Marie-Josée Taillefer cook their favourite meals to audience.Abuse
Cloutier pleaded guilty to five charges, including sexual assault, indecent exposure and having sex with a female under 8 who was not his wife. He was sentenced to 26 months in prison. It was revealed that one victim was Nathalie Simard, who was a tv and music performer under contract with Cloutier when she was a child.
Cloutier also entered a guilty plea to a charge of indecent exposure involving another minor whose name and gender were not made public. He received a 16-month sentence in that case.
His company, Guy Cloutier Communications, became Novem Communications Inc. in October 2004 and is now owned and run by his daughter Véronique.
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