Overview
- The Ontario Superior Court found the 93-year-old Magna founder guilty on two counts—one count of sexual coercion and one count of sexual harassment—after a Toronto trial that heard from seven complainants.
- Friday's verdict reduced the original 12-count indictment to convictions on two charges while the court acquitted Stronach on three counts and prosecutors withdrew several others during the proceedings.
- Stronach has pleaded not guilty and attended the trial in person, and the court set a sentencing date of Sept. 17 to determine his penalty for the two convictions.
- Thirteen women have accused Stronach overall, and the remaining allegations involving other accusers will be tried in a second jury trial in Newmarket, Ontario, scheduled for May 2027 and expected to last about four weeks.
- The cases concern alleged incidents decades earlier, which prosecutors said complicated evidence and testimony and contributed to the narrowing of charges during the Toronto proceeding.