A Quebec man who was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault has lost his fight to obtain financial compensation from the federal and provincial governments.

Quebec Superior Court has rejected Michel Dumont's $2.5 million civil suit.

In his 35-page judgment, Justice Benoit Emery found the government had not erred in its duty to disclose certain information and that Dumont was not entitled to compensation.

Dumont was acquitted in 2001, long after he'd served his sentence during the 1990s, after it was learned the victim had given a statement to police saying she was no longer sure Dumont was her attacker.

Dumont and his lawyer at the time insisted that information was never relayed to them and did not come up during his initial appeal, which failed in 1994.

Lawyers for the Quebec government argued Dumont's lawyer was aware of the statement and that the Crown did not act maliciously in prosecuting him.