There is nothing left.
In Cartierville, a district of Montreal, Canada, the mansion under construction of Feras Antoon, the boss of Mindgeek, owner of the famous pornographic video site Pornhub, was destroyed by fire, on the night of Sunday to Monday.
The police received a call at the end of the evening after two people were seen entering the building.
The mansion, still under construction, had recently been put up for sale for some C $ 20 million.
The real estate agency which was in charge of the sale of the property still mentions the excessiveness of the place: eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms and four shower rooms, a basketball court that can serve as a party room, a large enough garage. for nine cars, a large swimming pool ... all on a plot of over 5000 m2.
What's left of the house that burned during the night in Ahuntsic-Cartierville on Jean Bourdon.
It's the talk of the neighborhood.
Arson squad investigating.
It's on the selling block for $ 19M.
Owner Feras Antoon is one of the owners of Mtl-based MindGeek.
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“I'm not surprised [by the fire].
This mansion was not very popular in the neighborhood ”, testified to the newspaper La Presse a neighbor of Feras Antoon.
After the purchase of the property by the boss of Pornhub in 2016, the City of Montreal had authorized the cutting of 220 trees to build the millionaire's residence, before opposing it, but a judge ruled in favor of Feras Antoon who was then able to shave this wood.
Feras Antoon entangled in a controversy
No arrest had been made on Monday, according to Quebec media.
Investigators were expected on site to determine the circumstances of the tragedy.
According to the newspaper L'Actualité, the firefighters had to overcome several outbreaks in the house.
Arson in Montreal: There is hardly anything left of the residence of Feras Antoon, one of the leaders of #Pornhub, in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
The house (castle) had recently been put up for sale for $ 19 million.
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For Feras Antoon, this is an additional concern. The Mindgeek company, which owns hundreds of brands of porn sites besides Pornhub, has come under fire since the New York Times revelations in December. The newspaper wrote in particular that Pornhub allows the publication of videos of minors and rapes. The New York Times also interviewed victims who said they had ended up on the platform without their consent, some having attempted suicide. Pornhub announced, a few days later, the deletion of content from "unverified" users.
