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Third complainant expected to testify at Frank Stronach’s sex assault trial
The trial hears testimony from seven women alleging sexual assault by Frank Stronach spanning 1977–1990, with the 93-year-old facing 12 charges and pleading not guilty.
- A third complainant, a woman in her 70s, is testifying in a Toronto courtroom today at Frank Stronach's trial, who has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges.
- The allegations date from 1977 to 1990 and include an incident in suburban Scarborough; two other complainants, both women in their 60s, have already testified since the trial began last week, and two counts are historical offences abolished in 1983.
- During testimony, the woman in her 70s said in the fall of 1977 Stronach pushed her over an armchair, lifted her skirt during an attempted rape, and she left immediately.
- Stronach faces 12 charges including sexual assault and forcible confinement, is set for a separate Newmarket, Ont., trial later this year, and defence lawyer Leora Shemesh has challenged witness statements.
- This Canadian Press report was first published Feb. 18, 2026; none of the complainants can be identified under a standard publication ban, and one contacted police in June 2024 after earlier reporting.
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Third complainant expected to testify at Frank Stronach’s sex assault trial – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — A third complainant is set to testify in Toronto today at the sexual assault trial of auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. Stronach, who is 93, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges related to seven complainants over alleged incidents spanning decades. Two complainants, both women in their 60s, have testified in the trial since it began last week, laying out their accounts of encounters with the billionaire businessman in the early 1980s. …
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