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Fourth Complainant Takes Stand in Frank Stronach’s Toronto Sexual Assault Trial

The judge-alone case is hearing decades-old allegations from seven women, with a separate Newmarket trial scheduled later this year.

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Canadian businessman Frank Stronach arriving at a Toronto courthouse for his sexual assault trial involving seven female complainants.
Billionaire Frank Stronach, 93, arrives last week at the 361 University Ave. courthouse in Toronto, for his sexual assault trial.
Frank Stronach, left, arrives at the 361 University Ave. courthouse in Toronto, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

Overview

  • The fourth of seven complainants began testifying on Day 5 before Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy in Toronto.
  • On Wednesday, a woman in her 70s alleged Stronach pushed her over an armchair in a 1977 apartment encounter and tried to rape her before she left.
  • Under cross-examination, the third complainant faced challenges over prior police statements and the apartment’s location, and she said she considers herself a survivor.
  • Earlier testimony described groping in a downtown condo and a separate account of waking up and realizing she was being raped in the early 1980s, with the defence pressing both witnesses on inconsistencies.
  • Stronach, 93, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges tied to incidents from 1977 to 1990, including sexual assault and forcible confinement, with two counts treated as historical under pre-1983 law.