According to police, billionaire Frank Stronach was accused of 8 other crimes, including sexual assault

Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach has been accused of additional crimes, including sexual assault, Peel Regional Police said on Wednesday.

“Investigators with the Peel Regional Police Special Victims Unit have identified additional victims and additional charges have been filed,” Peel Police Officer Tyler Bell-Morena told CBC News in an emailed statement.

Bell-Morena said the newly announced charges included six counts of sexual assault and two other criminal charges.

Police did not specify which years the other allegations date from. A spokesman for Peel police would not say how many other alleged victims might be involved or where Stronach, 91, was arrested on Wednesday.

One of the alleged victims contacted police within hours of the first charges being announced, a source familiar with the case told CBC News.

The source said the alleged victim called investigators on the morning of June 8 after Peel Regional Police issued a news release the previous evening announcing sexual assault charges against Stronach. Peel’s Special Victims Unit asked anyone with information about the case to come forward.

CBC is not naming the source because they are not authorized to speak publicly. They did not disclose the nature of the allegations and it is not clear whether the person’s account formed the basis for any of the new charges announced today.

Stronach’s attorney Brian Greenspan said his client “denies these additional, unsubstantiated allegations, which date back to 1977, and will vigorously defend himself against them.”

“He spent his life working to improve Canadian society and industry,” Greenspan said.

“He plans to continue to devote his energy and resources to his work and work toward the adoption of a Canadian Economic Charter of Rights that benefits workers, small businesses, family farmers and the Canadian economy.”

5 more charges recently filed

Earlier this month, Stronach was charged with five crimes against three women between 1980 and 2023, including rape and false imprisonment. The charges could not be proven in court.

Regarding those earlier allegations, Greenspan previously said that Stronach “categorically denies the allegations of wrongdoing made against him. He looks forward to the opportunity to fully respond to the allegations and to uphold his legacy as a philanthropist and as an icon of Canadian business.”