Guy Cloutier

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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 and Véronique Cloutier are his daughters, and his son in law is Colorado Avalanche's goaltender José Theodore.

On December 20, 2004, he was sentenced to 3 and a half years (42 months) in prison for sexually abusing Nathalie Simard.

[edit] 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 produced Loft Story, a made-in-Quebec reality TV show, and Taillefer & filles, a cooking show where mother and daughter Claudette and Marie-Josée Taillefer cook their favourite meals to audience.

[edit] 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.