"On Tuesday, court heard from one woman who alleged that Stronach had groped her in a Toronto condominium decades ago. She said Stronach had invited her to dinner to discuss the reasons why she had been fired from Rooney's, a restaurant that Stronach owned. She said during dinner, she accepted an invitation from Stronach to visit his Toronto condo. She said when she arrived, she soon began to feel afraid, her heart began pounding, and she wanted to leave."
"She said as she was about to exit, Stronach got very physically close to her. She said her back was against the wall while Stronach's hands touched her body, including her breasts. The woman said she had made it clear to Stronach that she didn't want any intimate contact with him, and eventually she was able to leave. She testified that she was contacted by an employee at Magna International weeks later to come in to the head office"
The third of seven complainants is testifying in a Toronto courtroom in a judge-alone trial. Frank Stronach, 93, faces 12 charges including sexual assault and forcible confinement, with two historical counts of rape and attempted rape predating a 1983 Criminal Code change. The alleged incidents span 1977 to 1990 and include one in Scarborough. One witness testified that Stronach invited her to dinner to discuss her firing from Rooney's, then to his condo, where she said she felt afraid, was pressed against a wall and groped despite saying she did not want intimate contact. A separate trial in Newmarket is scheduled later.
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