According to court documents, the 91-year-old is accused of several crimes, including attempted rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment. Stronach denies all allegations. A trial before a jury is not expected to take place for at least a year.
At today’s court hearing, Stronach does not have to respond to the allegations, Ö1’s “Morgenjournal” quotes Thomas Daigle, a reporter for the Canadian state-run TV station CBC, as saying. The prosecution is now presenting evidence to the defense for the first time in camera.
1977
According to court documents, the allegations of attempted rape date back to 1977. Other women accuse the billionaire of rape and sexual assault in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Some incidents occurred in Toronto, and others in the Canadian city of Aurora, where Stronach’s former company Magna International is headquartered. The billionaire is also said to have committed sexual assaults against women in spring 2023.
“Bizarre experience”
New York author Jane Boon reported on ORF radio about a “bizarre experience” with Stronach. The then 19-year-old student had met the billionaire in the 1980s because her university was cooperating with Magna. The then 54-year-old had invited her several times, at a manager meeting her wine glass was always full and Stronach had insisted that she stay in his guest house. “There was a kind of whisper network,” Boon continued. “Experienced secretaries took new employees aside and told them ‘don’t go near this guest house.'” It was a disturbing and unpleasant experience, “it wasn’t rape, but it was an abuse of power, it was exploitative and it was wrong.” This was also why Boon left the car industry afterwards.
Stronach, a native of Styria, built up the Magna Group in North America, which was particularly successful in the automobile industry. In Austria, the 91-year-old became widely known through his sports investments in football and equestrian sports, and as the founder of the Team Stronach party, which was briefly represented in the National Council.
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