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A Montreal doctor convicted of sexual assault — and accused of sexually assaulting another seven women — attempted to shield his assets from his victims before dying by suicide, according to two lawsuits. The lawsuits, filed in Montreal earlier this month, allege that Stephan Probst, the former head of nuclear medicine at the Jewish General Hospital, sexually assaulted two women, identified in each lawsuit as A and G. Both A and G are seeking more than $300,000 in damages from Probst’s estate. They also allege Probst transferred two properties to his partner, Wendy Devera, before dying by suicide in an explicit attempt to prevent his alleged victims from successfully suing his estate. Both Probst and Devera were convicted in August 2024 of sexually assaulting an unidentified woman, known as X in court documents. Six months later, prosecutors laid new charges against Probst, alleging he sexually assaulted an additional seven women between 2003 and 2020. A and G say in their lawsuits that they were among those additional women and only came forward to police after learning through the media the details of X’s case, which they both say closely mirrored their own. Devera was sentenced on Monday to two years minus a day for her role in X's sexual assault. Half of her sentence will be served under house arrest, the other half is to be served in the community with conditions. Quebec court Judge Suzanne Costom said in her decision that she is convinced that, had she not been in a relationship with Probst, Devera would not have committed the sexual assault. Probst died by suicide, according to court documents, in June 2025, before he could be sentenced for the August 2020 sexual assault against X — and before any of the additional charges against him could be tested in court. In May, one month before he died, property records show Probst transferred two properties to Devera for $0. Late last month, Devera sold one of the properties, a Plateau Mont-Royal condo, for $470,000. She still owns the other property, a luxury downtown condo, which Probst bought for more than $1.2 million in 2017. In their lawsuits, A and G say the property transfers were an explicit attempt to prevent alleged sexual assault victims from receiving damage payments from Probst's estate. “A intends to prove that these gratuitous acts were a manoeuvre by Probst to dispose of his assets and render himself insolvent in order to defraud his creditors,” A's lawsuit says. Business records show Probst also named Devera a director of his business, Stephan Probst Medical services, on May 15, 2025 — weeks before he died. Alleged victim says she met Probst multiple times In the lawsuit, A describes how her connection with the pair began. She says she met Devera on an online dating app in 2018. They chatted and A expressed a desire to have a sexual relationship with Devera. In 2019, Devera suggested a meetup at one of Probst’s homes. A says during their first meetup, Probst offered her drugs, which she took, and she and Devera had sex. However, during their encounter, while intoxicated and despite A saying she explicitly stated she only wanted to have sex with Devera, Probst joined in. A says she continued to visit Devera, and that the same situation happened multiple times: Probst would assault her as she and Devera had sex, despite her explicit refusal, the lawsuit states. She says she cut ties with Devera and Probst in 2020, when, during a party at Probst’s home, she says she witnessed Probst attempting to engage in a sexual act with an unconscious woman. Then, she says, when she learned of X’s case — the circumstances of which closely resembled her own (X visited Probst’s apartment to have consensual sex with Devera, but was sexually assaulted by Probst during the encounter, according to court records) — she went to the police. A says it was only after she met with police that she learned that her interactions with Probst amounted to sexual assault. A’s lawsuit alleges Devera participated with Probst in a strategy to recruit A, drug her and sexually assault her. Devera has not been charged in connection with A’s case. G, the other plaintiff suing Probst's estate, alleges she had a relationship with Probst beginning in 2012, but on several occasions, he drugged her against her will and sexually assaulted her. G's lawsuit does not allege any sexual misconduct by Devera. Both G and A say the alleged sexual assaults have left them with suicidal thoughts, depression and psychological distress requiring frequent emergency visits. None of the allegations in either lawsuit have been tested in court. CBC reached out to Devera’s lawyer for comment but has not heard back.
