Swinger bar owner Jean-Paul Labaye goes away

Jean-Paul Labaye, 63, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and $1.4m in fines for non-payment of taxes. Labaye was the sole director of Cercle réciproque (Reciprocal Circle), a 'non-profit' that operated L’Orage, a swinger's bar. Between 2015 and 2018, Cercle réciproque failed to declare and remit sales taxes amounting to $231,370. Cercle Réciproque also failed to pay income tax from 2015 to 2018, and at the provincial level from 2016 to 2019

Jean-Paul Labaye's lawyer said; “This is not a fraud scheme. There is nothing to indicate that there was false billing or that Mr. Labaye stole money as such. It is bad management. This is apparent from the judgment and the evidence. It's really bad management. ” In the late 1990s and early 2000s, L’Orage was raided several times. Charges of operating a bawdy house were filed. In 1998, police arrested 44 people at the bar. Forty-one were charged with being found in a bawdy house. In December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provision against keeping a common bawdy-house. Canada's highest court found that it violated section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guaranteeing the right to life, liberty, and security of the person.