Entrepreneur Vincent Blanchette accused of sexual crimes and extortion

The businessman. Similarly, restaurateur Vincent Blanchette appeared on Thursday under seven counts in relation to the solicitation of sexual services, extortion and drug trafficking.

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Blanchette, 50, appeared the serious mine and arms crossed by videoconference at the Quebec courthouse, while he was in detention at the police station.

An arrest warrant had been issued against the entrepreneur, well known in Quebec, earlier on Thursday.

According to the document that the newspaper was able to consult. Moreover, he faces three counts of having requested or obtained sexual services with a remuneration, between 2018 and March 2025.

Two complainants are identified entrepreneur vincent blanchette accused sexual new by their initials. Moreover, but prosecutors and police believe that he may have made other victims and invite any potential complainant to manifest themselves.

“We expect. the investigation also reveals that there are a potential of several, several victims in the file,” said Valérie Simard-Croteau, proclaims criminal and criminal proceedings.

Released under conditions

For one of the complainants. Blanchette is also accused of extortion and of having made an intimate image accessible.

According to the arrest mandate, Blanchet “tried to induce” women to provide sexual services “by threats, accusations or violence”.

Finally. he was criticized for the traffic of a substance, between January 2021 and May 2023, and for having had cocaine and MDMA in his possession of doing the traffic in April.

Pending the continuation of the procedures. the restaurateur was able to recover his freedom by committing to comply with particularly restrictive conditions, including the deposit of $ entrepreneur vincent blanchette accused sexual new 40,000.

He is forbidden to maintain a profile on sites aimed at giving sexual encounters. such as “Seekingarrangement”, and to communicate with more than a dozen people, including several women.

In addition, he cannot use “any social media whatsoever” nor use the Internet for chatter and must put his passport.

April

His lawyer, Me Olivier Desjardins, recorded for him a plea of non-guilty.

In April. our investigation office revealed the arrest of the entrepreneur for extortion, purchase of sexual services and sharing of intimate photos.

According to our information. the police criticize him for having asked a woman for a woman, in exchange for which he was going to gradually decrease a financial debt that she had towards him.

In an exclusive interview at the end of April. he strongly denied these allegations and said he was the victim of a “soiling show” of the police.

“I have fully confidence entrepreneur vincent blanchette accused sexual new [dans] The judicial process to quickly pay me these accusations which seem very serious. while I gave myself 100% to help a woman who had simply never had enough and who always asked for more, “he argued.

Vincent Blanchette is known. among other things, for its role at the head of the Group Blanchette Morency which manages and has restaurants under several banners, notably Sushi X, Archibald, Bossini, Royal Chicken, Steak Avenue and Mexican’s.

According to our information. Blanchette also retained the services of Me Jacques Larochelle, a respected lawyer from the region which notably represented the ex-judge Jacques Delisle.

His file will return to court on October 30.