@jacknan.bsky.social:
Women are never safe if men can buy their torture without consequences.
@pqpolitics.bsky.social:
All sexual predators are equal, but some sexual predators are more equal than others
“I’m not going to order custody for a man who is 94” female judge
@patboivin.bsky.social:
Judges in cahoots with rapists and sex offenders
I can’t help but wonder how much money appeared in judge’s bank account, or on her desk.
@lululifts.bsky.social:
Sure. Frank Stronach may be too old to serve time for assault, but fucker is still rich enough to be compelled to donate a couple billion to a worthy women’s charity perhaps Judge??
@chriscorrigan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy:
I am a fan of restorative justice. But I bet Frank Stronach isn’t. At least not while he can bend the retributive justice system to his will.
@brokwindsor.bsky.social:
Sadly, rich & connected rapists getting slaps on the wrist isn’t only an American phenomenon.
Fuck right off with this shit.
@hope50.bsky.social:
Judge won’t jail Ontario billionaire Frank Stronach for sexual offence — ‘I’m not going to order custody for a man who is 94’ – Toronto Star
And this is why Epstein Island flourished for years. No accountability for rich white men doing horrendous things. #cdnpoli
@orfnewsbot.bsky.social:
Frank Stronach, der 94-jährige Magna-Gründer, wird nicht ins Gefängnis kommen, trotz sexueller Übergriffe. Ein Urteil wird im Dezember erwartet. Ein weiterer Prozess gegen ihn beginnt im Mai 2027.
@breannewieler.bsky.social:
Disgusting sexual predator.
If he was judged by a jury of Canadians, he wouldn’t be above ANYTHING.
Allowing him a trial by a single judge is a breeding ground for corruption and cover-up.
@2024fighter.bsky.social:
And he will be declared the “Governor” of Canada when it “becomes the 51st state.”
@drloveless.bsky.social:
oh, they can be charged. They can be prosecuted. They can can even be convicted. The rubber meets the road with the sentence. This is usually were justice fails horribly.yup, judges even let convicted rapists that admitted to rape go free, to “protect their futures.”
@teatime4frances.bsky.social:
He’s 93. Allegations go back 50 years or more. This is a victory, but this lech should have been rotting in prison for decades already. He’ll be ☠️ in a couple of years after justice for his victims was delayed for decades.
@dd1963.bsky.social:
Yeah, glad he’s finally been found guilty. He’s had a lifetime to abuse. At 90 how much does he care.
@stopptdierechten.at:
Die “Kleine Zeitung” streift die Verfahren gegen Stronach grad einmal (“Die kritischen Aspekte, wie etwa die Gerichtsverfahren wegen sexueller Belästigung, sind (…) nicht Teil des Inhalts.”), “meinbezirkk” erwähnt diese “kritischen Aspekte” nicht einmal, da gibt’s nur Jubelberichterstattung.
@carina-amyth.bsky.social:
I thought good, and then i saw another trial next year with 6 different complainants.
@nonnieida.bsky.social:
Wow, they actually put him on trial and convicted him. I’m jealous.
@wacket.bsky.social:
Me too!
@brownsheila565.bsky.social:
Of course not. There is no justice for female victims of billionaires, even in Canada. Appalling.
@lynnc1955.bsky.social:
FFS
Frank Stronach will not face jail time for indecent assault conviction, judge says, Stronach’s lawyer calls for absolute discharge by Mark Gollom · CBC News · Sep 17, 2026
WARNING: This story refers to sexual assault allegations and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.
Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach will not serve any time in jail for his conviction of indecent assault, an Ontario judge said on Thursday.
Ontario Crown prosecutors had been asking that the 94-year-old founder of auto-parts giant Magna International be sentenced to six months in jail for that conviction.
But at the end of the sentencing hearing on Thursday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy said while she hadn’t yet decided the sentence she would impose, jail time would not be part of her decision.
Molloy said she had “very firmly” decided that, based on the circumstances of the case, she would not be sentencing someone who is 94 to a jail term. Court will return on Dec. 11 for that decision.
Assistant Crown attorney Jelena Vlacic had also asked for a Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) order and that Stronach be placed on Canada’s National Sex Offender Registry for 10 years.
Molloy asked Vlacic what she would consider to be a reasonable conditional sentence for Stronach. Vlacic said six months house arrest with exceptions for medical appointments and court appearances.
When his judge-alone trial began in a Toronto courtroom in February, Stronach was facing 12 charges related to allegations of sexual assault from seven women dating back almost 50 years.
But at his sentencing hearing on Thursday, the 94-year-old founder of auto-parts giant Magna International is facing sentencing on just one of those charges — indecent assault.
Court hears victim impact statement
On that charge, one of the women had told the court that Stronach invited her to a midtown Toronto apartment sometime in the fall of 1977, and while there, he bent her over the arm of a chair, lifted up her skirt and tried to rape her.
In a victim impact statement on Thursday, the woman told court that she had felt ambushed and overpowered by Stronach and that her physical privacy had been violated without her consent.
The woman, whose identity is protected by a court-ordered publication ban, said the assault had destroyed her sense of safety in social settings and that her feeling of apprehension is ongoing.
“I felt that I deserved an apology. I was upset when none was forthcoming,” she told the court.
“The impact of an assault is not limited to the physical. It can also jolt one’s identity and personality,” she said. “Recovering one’s comfort with people requires time and resilience, and it may never be complete.”
Crown, defence make submissions
Vlacic, the Crown prosecutor, argued that the passage of time since the assault occurred is a consideration but that people need to be held to account for their conduct.Hell ya, even rich old white raping fuckers like Stronach, but they are mostly coddled by judges and set free. Just sickening. I blame women and girl hating religions, most disgusting invention yet by humans (AI will likely soon take that honour). Too many politicians are dutifully religiously misogynistic (like Mark Carney and his boss, Steve Harper), dutifully plunking misogynistic pro rape judges on the bench. Just imagine Stronach’s jail sentences if the fairy tales were written this way!
She said those found guilty must pay for their crimes and that to do otherwise would encourage people to lie low and bring the administration of justice into disrepute.
But Stronach’s lawyer, Leora Shemesh, countered that her client, instead of any jail time, should receive an absolute discharge — meaning the finding of guilty would remain but no conviction would be registered and Stronach would not have a criminal record. The finding of guilt would still come up in a background check but only for a year.
She also argued that Stronach should not be registered as a sex offender.Wanna bet the rape-friendly judge gives douche fucker rich white shit Stronach everything his lawyer demands?
Shemesh went through a list of Stronach’s accomplishments and contributions to society, stressing as well that until these charges, he had had no brushes with the law.So what?! How many women and girls did he rape, violate, assault that we don’t know about? Nothing the douche has done has any fucking positive value him being an ugly-assed abuser of women.
She told the court that Stronach faces only one charge from the initial 12 and that this particular offence of indecent assault, “on the continuum of sexual or indecent assault, is on the least serious end of the spectrum.”
“The Crown’s position is manifestly excessive, … unreasonable and seems quite un-Canadian,” Shemesh said, noting how Stronach’s honours have been revoked, his name has been stripped from various centres and “dragged through the mud,” and he has suffered and been punished enough.Not nearly enough punishment. Peeling his penis might be sufficient, quite Canadian giving the endless women and girls raped and murdered by men, and prevent him from harming another.
Stronach had been charged with attempted rape and indecent assault for that particular incident. But during the course of the trial, the Crown dropped the attempted rape charge.
In her decision, Molloy agreed that much of what the witness described had happened, but also agreed with the Crown’s decision to withdraw the attempted rape charge because it was unclear whether Stronach would have been able to penetrate the woman based on her state of dress at the time.JFC! This judge’s attitude horrifies me. I’ve experience men rubbing their fucking units along my body, without my consent, and while I was trying to push them away, saying NO! The harms are still unbearable, even if no penetration happened, and linger for years. FFS. Men will never stop raping, abusing, and murdering women if the courts don’t start adequately punishing them WITH JAIL TIME!
Still, Molloy referred to it as “gross and disgusting conduct,” which is why she found him guilty of indecent assault. The offence is a historical charge, having been repealed from the Criminal Code in 1983. That means anyone charged similarly today would face a sexual assault charge.
In June, Molloy also found Stronach guilty of sexual assault related to another woman who said Stronach groped her in his Toronto Harbourfront condo sometime in 1983 or 1984. The woman said she had gone to meet him for dinner to discuss why she had been fired as a waitress at his then restaurant, Rooney’s. She said Stronach invited her to his condo, which is where he groped her.
Molloy said she was “completely convinced” by the woman’s evidence. Molloy did, however, “with considerable trepidation,” describe it as a minor sexual assault, saying that the conduct was at the “low end” of the spectrum of sexual assault.FFS! Sexual assault is sexual assault.
2nd conviction granted mistrial
However, weeks after the decision, 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.
Molloy then granted a mistrial on the sexual assault conviction. The Crown is appealing that decision.
Throughout the trial, which lasted more than two months, the Crown withdrew a number of charges following the testimony and cross-examination of some of the complainants, saying there was not sufficient evidence to sustain findings of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt on those particular counts.Ya, ’cause Stronach is a rich fucker
By the time Molloy was set to render her decision in June, Stronach was facing five counts related to three women.
- Crown appealing post-verdict mistrial in Frank Stronach sexual assault conviction
- Canadian businessman Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault, indecent assault
All of the initial seven complainants, whose allegations span the period between 1977 and 1990, testified in court, offering an emotional account of the sexual offences they say they experienced at the hands of Stronach.
Stronach, who was in court every day but never took the witness box in his own defence, had denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to all charges.you don’t fool me, vulgar rich boy.
Meanwhile, Stronach is set to face another trial in Newmarket, Ont., next year. When Stronach was initially arrested in June 2024, he was charged with 18 offences involving 13 complainants. But the case was split into two trials later that year.
If you’re in immediate danger or fear for your safety or that of others around you, please call 911. For support in your area, you can look for crisis lines and local services via the Ending Sexual Violence Association of Canada database.
@amirattaran.bsky.social:
Billionaires get different justice in Canada.
@goddessburstall.bsky.social:
It’s like a whole gender got together and said “let’s be rich so we can sexually abuse women”
@drstevenquest.bsky.social:
Please tell me Trump hasn’t nominated him for a cabinet position.
@deserthockey.bsky.social:
US Ambassadorship coming right up!
@siperlywhenwet.bsky.social:
Anytime someone posts about a sexual assault case they don’t need to finish with “And the complainants are being accused of lying.”
That part’s a given ALL of the time.
@lizrenzetti.bsky.social:
True words!
@anncan.bsky.social:
I agree but keep in mind, while Canadians are quieter Stronachs ass is on trial, in a courtroom.
@lizrenzetti.bsky.social:
I wrote recently about the alternative paths to justice for sexual assault survivors, like restorative justice, which is forbidden in Ontario in these cases:
@makeralrising.bsky.social:
I’ve worked with him. An absolute control freak surrounded by ego massaging sychophants.
Also creepy as hell.
@suzi00.bsky.social:
Ooo he is a big cause of local damage in the Florida peninsula — a strange slaughterhouse and toxins to the water supply
If ya wanna really find some treasures, check out his big wallet to Uni Florida GVill
He destroyed a yoga eco retreat and the property values of multiple communities, as well as small farms
It’s right there— Fort McCoy, Citra, & the Silver Springs ecosystem recharge is full of whatever they wash off the floor
No birds, no fish, no otters
All gone
Stronach is a swear word