Toronto mayor loses two more top aides after crack scandal. Handout june 15 reports in the toronto star and the globe and mail say two of the suspects arrested in the raid also appear with ford in a widely publicized photograph connected to the alleged crack video scandal. Rob ford vows to continue role as mayor after crack scandal more toronto mayor plans to continue until he is voted out of office, apologizes again for past drug use. Robert bruce ford may 28, 1969 march 22, 2016 was a canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of toronto from 2010 to 2014.
Toronto mayor embroiled in crack scandal has history of. There have been many surreal moments in the life and death of torontos most famous mayor. Footage of late toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack. Share adjust comment print the toronto mayor rob ford crack video story has. Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine fox news. Two top aides quit toronto mayor rob fords office on monday as the embattled leader of canadas biggest city faces lingering allegations he was caught smoking crack cocaine on video, accusations. Crack scandal toronto mayor rob ford launches reelection campaign toronto mayor rob ford has put his name on the ballot to run for another term, defying repeated calls for him to step down after. Rob fords crack scandal is driving up torontos borrowing. Toronto mayor rob ford caught in crack smoking video. In the months following the report of the video, eleven staff left his office and were replaced. Mayor ford said toronto s city council had no business. Allegations over his drug use have swirled around ford for months amid rumours of the existence of a video that showed him smoking crack. While the episode appears to mirror the scandal that brought down mayor marion s.
Toronto mayor rob ford apologizes for calling media a. A video showing rob ford, the late former mayor of toronto, smoking crack has been made public for the first time, some three years after it engulfed the city in scandal and earned ford international notoriety. A cellphone video that appears to show mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around toronto by a group of somali men involved in the drug trade two toronto star reporters have. Toronto crack scandal is great for citys tourism, says. The infamous video of torontos late former mayor rob ford smoking. Rob ford in crack cocaine video scandal toronto star. The infamous rob ford is set to be immortalised in run this town which tells the tale of his drug abuse scandal which rocked toronto politics in 20. Anthony smith, left, mayor rob ford, centre, and muhammad khattak, right. The infamous video of former toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine. A video showing rob ford, the late former mayor of toronto, smoking crack has been made public for the first time, some three years after it engulfed the city in scandal and earned ford. Catching up with the toronto mayor crack cocaine scandal.
This image from video released by nbc newstoday shows host matt lauer, right, speaking with toronto mayor rob ford, left, as the mayor s brother, city councilor doug ford, looks on during an interview in toronto for the today show. Toronto mayor rob ford in crack cocaine video scandal. The infamous video of torontos former mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine is now public, and for the first time can be viewed outside a. Toronto mayor vows to run again despite crack scandal. Toronto toronto mayor rob ford denied friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug.
Rob ford, crack smoking toronto mayor, refuses to step. Rob ford vows to continue role as mayor after crack scandal. Rob ford, the controversial former mayor of toronto, is getting the bigscreen treatment. Mayor rob fords crack use weakens torontos brand cbc. Toronto mayor rob fords video shocker makes international. Toronto in throes of shame as mayor rob fords crack scandal burns. Toronto mayor rob ford caught in crack smoking video scandal. Toronto facing a growing crack cocaine video scandal turning to farce, embattled toronto mayor rob ford on monday had to apologize to the city hall press corps after calling them a bunch of. In an era when celebrity is fueled by antics caught on video, former toronto mayor rob ford was an unwitting superstar. Crack cocaine in the past and that he intends to stay on as mayor of toronto. Toronto mayor rob ford lost two more staff members on thursday, two weeks after allegations first surfaced that the leader of canadas largest city was caught smoking crack cocaine on camera. Former toronto mayor rob ford has died at the age of 46 after fighting cancer, his family.
Its been a full five days since the world learned of a video allegedly showing torontos mayor, rob ford, smoking crack cocaine, and ford has yet to answer a single question about the allegation. Media caption rob ford gained international notoriety after admitting to smoking crack cocaine in 20. Damian lewis is portraying ford, who died in 2016, in run this town, a thriller currently shooting, fittingly, in toronto. Before and after his term as mayor, ford was a city councillor representing ward 2 of etobicoke north. Jim gaffigan to play toronto mayor rob ford in amc series. Footage of late toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack released. The movie follows platts shriver as he aims to make a name for himself at a. Toronto mayor rob fords crack scandal is beginning to weigh on the citys finances, driving up borrowing costs and threatening to delay fixes to north americas secondworst traffic congestion. After months of dodging allegations, toronto mayor rob ford told reporters tuesday that he smoked crack cocaine about a year ago. Rob ford, crack smoking toronto mayor, refuses to step down.
Toronto in throes of shame as mayor rob fords crack. Toronto mayor rob ford admitted on tuesday that he had smoked crack cocaine about a year ago, probably in a drunken stupor. Toronto mayor rob ford apologized to the residents of canadas largest city tuesday after admitting that he lied for six months about smoking crack cocaine, declaring i love my job and saying he. Toronto mayor rob ford admits using crack cocaine in a. Toronto the drug scandal involving the mayor of canadas largest city received international attention as police revealed they had found an alleged video that appears to show rob ford smoking crack cocaine.
Toronto mayor admits crack use, as wild ride in office. Just over a year ago, toronto mayor rob ford stood next to police chief bill blair promising to fight gang crime. The alleged offences occurred in may 20 as a drug scandal. The mayor may have known the precise location of the video very early on in the scandal. The exmayor initially denied allegations that he had used crack cocaine, but after a police investigation into toronto gangs uncovered videos of ford smoking the illicit drug, he admitted to. The crack video story surfaced the same week ford bizarrely left in the middle of a city council meeting and began putting rob ford mayor magnets on cars in the parking lot. The video, which was being shopped around by a group of.
Cops have toronto mayors crack video new york post. The story of former toronto mayor rob ford is getting its time in theaters with the new film run this town. Toronto crack scandal is great for citys tourism, says cracksmoking mayor. But until tuesday, rob ford, the mayor of multicultural, ecoconscious, politically correct toronto, had vehemently denied a persistent report about a video that showed him smoking crack cocaine. George stroumboulopoulos weighs in on toronto mayor rob ford and the crack video scandal. The mayor was at the centre of one of the biggest scandals in canadian politics. Toronto mayor is besieged by questions of crack use. Toronto mayor in new crack video scandal news al jazeera. Rob ford, the boisterous, hardpartying and scandalplagued former toronto mayor whose battle with a rare abdominal cancer forced him out of the 2014 election race, died tuesday, according to a. The ex mayor initially denied allegations that he had used crack cocaine, but after a police investigation into toronto gangs uncovered videos of ford smoking the illicit drug, he admitted to. Some were embarrassed, some were concerned and others were entertained, but the scandal solidified ford as one of the most controversial torontonians in history. On may 16th, 20, gawker published an article about a cellphone video allegedly showing toronto mayor rob ford smoking out of a glass crack cocaine pipe.
Cracksmoking toronto mayor rewrites scandal playbook. Toronto mayor rob ford admits smoking crack cbs news. On thursday two weeks after reports surfaced that a video exists of toronto mayor rob ford allegedly smoking crack the toronto star offers a new development. Run this town takes toronto back to the rob ford crack. Drug abuse brings about crack scandal in toronto drug abuse in toronto has gotten to such a problematic level that it can now be used in parallel with the mayor of toronto canada.
Toronto since may 20, toronto mayor rob ford has been embroiled in controversy that began with published reports of a video that allegedly shows him appearing to smoke crack cocaine. He reportedly blurted out the address during a meeting with his staff and advisers the day after gawker broke the news. Twenty office staff reported to rob ford on may 16, 20. Now the two most powerful men in canadas largest city are. Toronto mayor rob ford admitted on tuesday that he had smoked crack cocaine about a year ago, probably in a drunken stupor allegations over his drug use have swirled around ford for months. Damian lewis stars as the eccentric ford, who died from cancer at the age of 46 in 2016, in the ricky tollmandirected film. Toronto mayor rob ford refuses to resign after crack cocaine use admission duration. Ahead of the film coming out weve put together everything you need to know about him. Toronto mayor rob ford is still dodging allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, but now he seems to think theres a. Toronto toronto mayor rob ford said tuesday he smoked crack probably a year ago when he was in a drunken stupor, an admission that follows months of accusations during which he has refused to. Kit magazine, which published an interview with lewis, wrote how lewis was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor. While toronto mayor rob ford has been under fire for a video allegedly showing him smoking crack, critics say his most offensive behavior has been his polarization of the city.
Toronto mayor apologizes for crack use, defies calls to. Toronto mayor rob ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Toronto s mayor rob ford seemed simply obese, unwise, and shady until earlier this week, when he confessed to smoking crack cocaine in what he casually described as one of my drunken stupors. Emergence of footage coincides with rob fords decision to take a leave of absence and seek help. So lets just take a step back for viewers that what prompted all this today is. May 16 gawker reports a cellphone video that appears to show toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues. Ben platt plays bram shriver, a journalist who exposes fords drug use. Video of toronto mayor smoking crack released time. Back in 20, the city of toronto received international attention after a video surfaced showing the late mayor rob ford spoking from a crack pipe.