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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19Frank Stronach Found Guilty on 2 Assault Counts in Toronto
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19Summary
- Frank Stronach, 93, was convicted Friday in a Toronto courtroom of one count of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault.
- The verdict narrowed a case that began in February with as many as 12 charges tied to seven complainants.
- The allegations presented at trial spanned 1977 to 1990, extending over more than a decade of claimed abuse.
- Stronach is the founder of Magna International, one of Canada's best-known auto-parts companies.
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With this guilty verdict, what are the stakes for his upcoming trial involving six more women? Convicted at 93 for crimes from the 70s, what does justice for his victims look like now? Acquitted of rape but guilty of assault, what made some accusers more believable to the court?