Overview
- Justice Anne Molloy agreed to the defence request after recent disclosures, with the court to return Thursday for an update and the four-week trial now expected to run into March.
- The Toronto case comprises 12 counts, including sexual assault, forcible confinement, and historical rape and attempted rape, tied to alleged conduct from 1977 to 1990 involving seven complainants.
- Stronach, 93, has pleaded not guilty and denies the accusations, and a publication ban protects the complainants’ identities.
- A separate Newmarket proceeding later this year will address six additional sexual-assault charges involving six complainants, with alleged incidents as recent as April 2023 and February 2024.
- Peel Regional Police initially laid 18 charges involving 13 complainants in 2024, and the Toronto proceeding is being heard by a single judge rather than a jury.