Overview
- Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy permitted the defence to question a police officer who observed a Jan. 20 witness‑preparation meeting despite Crown objections calling such an examination an “extreme error.”
- Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh said she will seek a stay of proceedings alleging some witnesses were coached by prosecutors, with any stay motion to be argued at the end of the trial.
- The Toronto proceeding was adjourned after the defence received late, voluminous disclosure that included videotaped interviews, new statements from all complainants, and the officer’s notes.
- Prosecutors told the court there is no basis for abuse‑of‑process or misconduct claims, opposing the defence’s bid to probe the issue at this stage.
- Stronach, 93, faces 12 charges involving seven complainants over alleged incidents from the 1970s to 1990s and denies the allegations, with a separate case still scheduled later this year in Newmarket, Ontario.