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One charge against Frank Stronach dropped ahead of second trial, lawyer says

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Frank Stronach's lawyer, Leora Shemesh, announced that one charge of sexual assault against him has been dropped ahead of an upcoming trial scheduled for Newmarket, Ontario. The prosecution involving a single complainant alleging a 2024 incident was withdrawn from the case. Despite this development, Stronach will still face charges related to five other complainants. He is awaiting sentencing in a separate Toronto trial where he was found guilty of indecent assault but not expected to receive jail time due to his age.

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Frank Stronach's lawyer, Leora Shemesh, announced that one charge of sexual assault against her client has been dropped ahead of his upcoming trial set for next year in Newmarket, Ontario. The prosecution involving one complainant who alleged an incident from 2024 was withdrawn. Despite this development, Stronach, a billionaire businessman, will still face other charges related to five remaining complainants in the sexual assault case. In a separate Toronto trial, Stronach was found guilty of indecent assault for an encounter that occurred nearly 50 years ago and is currently awaiting sentencing; however, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy has stated that Stronach, now 94 years old, will not face jail time. Weeks after the initial June conviction on two charges related to separate allegations brought by two women, Judge Molloy declared a rare post-verdict mistrial based on inconsistencies in emails from one complainant’s lawyer in another case compared to her testimony during the trial.

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Weeks later, Molloy declared a rare post-verdict mistrial on the sexual assault conviction after Stronach’s lawyer argued that emails from the complainant’s lawyer in a separate civil case told a story that was inconsistent with the woman’s testimony in the criminal trial.

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One charge against Frank Stronach dropped ahead of second sex assault trial: lawyer · assertive framing

2026-10-28 · The Globe and Mail

One charge against Frank Stronach dropped ahead of second trial, lawyer says · assertive framing

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Frank Stronach’s lawyer says one charge of sexual assault against her client in an upcoming Newmarket, Ont., trial has been dropped. asserted

charge → say → trial

Leora Shemesh says the prosecution involving one complainant in the trial set for next year has been withdrawn. asserted

prosecution → say → year

Documents filed in court showed that complainant had alleged a sexual assault took place in York Region in 2024. asserted

assault → file → 2024

The billionaire businessman, who has denied all allegations against him, will still face other charges related to five remaining complainants in the sexual assault trial. asserted

who → deny → trial

Stronach is currently awaiting sentencing after a judge in a separate Toronto trial found him guilty of indecent assault in an encounter that took place nearly 50 years ago. asserted

that → await → place

Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy has said that the 94-year-old auto parts mogul would not face a jail term. asserted

mogul → say → term

Stronach was initially found guilty in June on two charges related to separate allegations brought by two of the women in the Toronto trial. asserted

Stronach → find → trial

that → declare → trial

Prosecutors have appealed the mistrial decision. asserted

Prosecutors → appeal → decision