Crown Appeals Mistrial in Frank Stronach Sex Assault Conviction

The Crown is appealing a rare post-verdict mistrial declared last month in Frank Stronach’s sexual assault conviction. The billionaire businessman was found guilty in June of sexual assault and the historical offence of indecent assault related to separate allegations brought by two of the women in his Toronto trial. The mistrial on the sexual assault conviction was granted weeks later by Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy after emails were presented in court from the woman’s lawyer in a separate civil complaint. Stronach’s lawyer Leora Shemesh alleged those emails told a story inconsistent with the woman’s testimony in the criminal trial. Shemesh told The Canadian Press in July that the court did not hear from the woman before the mistrial was declared.