Frank Stronach’s sex assault case put over, set to move to Toronto

Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who faces aggregate sex assault charges, has had his lawsuit enactment implicit to adjacent period arsenic lawyers enactment to person the substance moved to a court successful Toronto.

A Crown lawyer told a Brampton, Ont., tribunal connected Monday that prosecutors person agreed to transportation the lawsuit to Toronto, wherever astir of the offences are alleged to person occurred.

Peel Regional Police person charged Stronach with a full of 18 counts – including intersexual battle and indecent battle – aft 13 complainants came guardant with allegations dating from 1977 to arsenic precocious arsenic February of this year.

The 92-year-old magnate, who did not look successful tribunal Monday, has denied each allegations against him and vowed to support his reputation.

Stronach was archetypal arrested by Peel constabulary successful aboriginal June and the latest charges against him were filed precocious past month.

His adjacent scheduled tribunal quality successful Brampton is acceptable for Nov. 4 and is expected to corroborate the transportation of the lawsuit to the Toronto tribunal system.

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Stronach became 1 of Canada’s wealthiest radical by creating car parts elephantine Magna successful his store successful 1957. He besides founded The Stronach Group, a institution that specializes successful equine racing, and founded Stronach International successful 2018, a institution focusing connected integrated foods and “micro-electric mobility.”

Stronach resigned arsenic Magna’s president successful 2011 and founded his ain governmental enactment successful his autochthonal Austria the pursuing year.

Magna International Inc. said past week that it had launched a targeted reappraisal of its humanities records successful effect to the transgression charges against Stronach.

Magna spokeswoman Tracy Fuerst said if immoderate applicable accusation is found, the institution — which is not facing immoderate transgression oregon civilian allegations — volition travel a strict protocol to respect the ineligible rights of each and co-operate with authorities.

The interior papers reappraisal has truthful acold discovered 1 colony involving a humanities harassment allegation against Stronach and Magna Entertainment Corp. that had already been reported.