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Owner/Breeder Frank Stronach To Face Sexual Assault Trial In Canada

Updated: February 3, 2026 at 2:50 pm

Frank Stronach at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD 5.19.2012 Horsephotos

Austro-Canadian billionaire and prominent racing owner/breeder Frank Stronach will face a sexual assault trial later this week in Toronto that will be decided solely by a judge, according to a report from the BBC.

The article states that 93-year-old Stronach, one of Canada's richest men, has been charged in relation to more than a dozen historical sexual assault allegations that span nearly a half-century.

Stronach has pleaded not guilty to the 12 Toronto charges, and has denied all of the allegations against him.

Prosecutors have split his case into two separate proceedings, with a second trial in nearby York Region scheduled for later in the spring. The Toronto trial was set to begin Tuesday, but has since been delayed to Thursday.

He faces a total of 18 offences involving 13 complainants, according to prosecutors.