US EditionWhat to expect as businessman Frank Stronach stands trial on sexual assault charges
Frank Stronach faces 12 sexual offence charges from incidents spanning the 1970s to 1990s in a judge-alone trial after Peel Regional Police charged him in 2024.
- On Tuesday, Frank Stronach, founder and former head of Magna International, faces a judge-alone trial in Toronto set for four weeks before Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy.
- Peel Regional Police charged Stronach in 2024 with 18 offences involving 13 complainants, as Canada’s no statute of limitations for indictable offences allows decades-old allegations to be prosecuted.
- Defence lawyer Adam Weisberg said historical cases present unique technical challenges, warning evidence preservation and memory frailties often mean key material is missing years later, while Stronach told CBC, `We have a lot of data which totally will prove those things are lies`.
- In Newmarket, Stronach will face the second trial later this year covering six charges and six complainants, while Jane Boon, civil plaintiff seeking over $4 million, files a separate lawsuit.
- He stepped down as Magna's chairman in 2011 and has a mixed legal history, including a September Muskoka acquittal, with companies stating he no longer has ties.
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A timeline of key events leading up to Frank Stronach's Toronto sexual assault trial
Canadian business tycoon Frank Stronach is set to face the first of two sexual assault trials on Tuesday. The founder of the auto parts giant Magna, now in his 90s, will stand trial in Toronto before a judge alone.
The 93-year-old is accused of having sexually abused several women between 1977 and 1990. Steirer vehemently denies the allegations.
Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach's sex assault trial set to start Tuesday may be delayed
Frank Stronach's trial in Toronto is set to get underway Tuesday on charges of sexual assault against multiple women, but the billionaire businessman's lawyer told CBC News late Monday that she'll be asking the judge to delay proceedings for several delays due to additional pretrial motions.
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What to expect as businessman Frank Stronach stands trial on sexual assault charges
The man long touted as one of Canada's great success stories is set to stand trial in Toronto this week, as the first of two cases accusing Frank Stronach of sexual offences against several women over decades begins. Stronach, the founder and former head of the auto parts giant Magna International, ...
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