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MONTREAL—Reports that the interim mayor of Laval, Que., has filed a police complaint about an alleged attempt by a prostitute to extort money from him have added to the woes of a city that has already seen the previous mayor charged with gangsterism.
A spokesman for Alexandre Duplessis said the mayor felt he was the victim of an extortion attempt and reported the June 14 incident to police.
He did not, however, confirm two media reports that the complaint to police was triggered by a dispute with an escort over payment.
"The mayor's confirming that there's been an extortion attempt against him," said mayoral spokesman Pierre-Philippe Lortie. "He immediately called the authorities. As we speak, it's in their hands."
The Sûreté du Québec confirmed that they have launched an investigation into a complaint about extortion involving an escort, but that no charges have yet been laid in the case.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Christine Coulombe wouldn't disclose any details about the identity of the presumed victim in the matter.
"Regarding the individual, we never say who, nor the profession, nor their status," she said.
"A man used an escort service. There was a fight about the payment, then a complaint was filed about extortion. We're investigating."
Radio-Canada cited police sources saying that the dispute allegedly began when one of two women, an escort and her driver, recognized the mayor. It reported that he allegedly cancelled their appointment, triggering an argument about payment.
Montreal's La Presse reported that Duplessis was allegedly approached at least three more times for increasingly larger sums of money in the days after the meeting before seeking police intervention.
The incident reportedly occurred about two weeks after the Quebec government appointed a trustee to oversee and vet the decisions made by Duplessis and city councillor in Laval, which along with Montreal has been identified as ground zero for the province's corruption crisis.
Duplessis took over the post in November that had been vacated by ex-Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt who was under investigation for allegations of bid-rigging and political financing breaches.
In May, Vaillancourt and two other municipal bureaucrats were among 37 people was arrested as part of a lengthy investigation into wrongdoing in Laval. The former mayor was charged with gangsterism and alleged to have organized an intricate system of bribes that had engineering and construction firms paying him to secure public contracts.
The incident involving Duplessis also comes just a week after Montreal's interim mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested on corruption, fraud and breach of trust charges. Applebaum took over for ex-Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay last fall after mounting allegations that his Union Montreal party had broken political financing laws in Quebec. Tremblay was never accused of breaking the law himself.
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