Toronto toronto mayor rob ford is embroiled in a scandal involving alleged use of crack cocaine. Near the end of ford s term, ford s powers were reduced by council, spurred by ford s personal problems, most notably reports of a video showing ford smoking crack cocaine. Protestors demand toronto mayor rob ford resign over crack. 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. Published on may 1, 2014 a second video of toronto mayor rob ford smoking what has been described as crack cocaine by a selfprofessed drug dealer was secretly filmed in his sisters basement. Two toronto star reporters have viewed the video three times. The crack video scandal involving toronto mayor rob ford has spawned a new video game in stay mayor, players are tasked with keeping the mayor of toronto in office, as he dodges the media and. Footage of late toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack released. 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. Mayor rob ford wont step down despite crack use cbc news.
Many canadian conservatives appear to be distancing themselves from toronto mayor rob ford these days, but finance minister jim flaherty is standing by his longtime friend. Rob ford in crack cocaine video scandal 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. Toronto mayor rob ford denies existence of cracksmoking video. Torontos mayor rob ford smoking crack pipe new leaked video. Rob ford s brother doug ford was the toronto city councillor for ward 2 etobicoke north in toronto from 2010 to 2014, during robs term as mayor. The shocking video of toronto mayor rob ford using crack cocaine has been unearthed at last. Toronto mayor rob ford to take leave of absence after new. Torontos mayor rob ford leaked clip smoking from a crack pipe. There are three journalists who have said that they have seen a video where it appears mayor ford is smoking crack. 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. Rob ford takes leave as recent drug videos emerge the globe. As we told you this morning, toronto mayor rob ford is having a rough day north of the border amid reports that he was caught on camera smoking crack that he bought from a group of somali drug. Toronto mayor rob ford in crack cocaine video scandal.
Ford acknowledged last year after months of denials that he smoked crack in a drunken stupor after police said they obtained a video that appears to show him smoking crack. But accounts of his drinking, drug use and wild partying. Al jazeera outlines key events in the controversial canadian mayor s alleged entanglement with drugs, gangs and escorts. Rob ford crack video broker who was talking with the. Toronto mayor rob ford admits using crack cocaine in a drunken stupor. In may 20, the american website gawker and the toronto star reported that they had viewed a cellphone video that showed toronto mayor rob ford smoking.
Video of toronto mayor smoking crack released time. Rob ford, crack smoking toronto mayor, stars in tv show. The infamous video of former toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine has been released to the public after an extortion charge laid against ford s friend sandro lisi was withdrawn in court on. Thats what set off the toronto stars great hunt for the video of mayor rob ford smoking crack. Protestors demand toronto mayor rob ford resign over crack smoking scandal.
For months rob ford, the embattled mayor of toronto has been dogged by allegations that he had been caught on tape smoking crack and today the mayor of. Sometime in the 1980s, marion barry, the married mayor of washington, dc, and a man who enjoyed a party, found himself alone with a. Conservative toronto mayor in crack smoking scandal youtube. Toronto mayor admits to smoking crack video abc news.
Gawker identifies toronto home linked to crack cocaine video. 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. Toronto mayor rob ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer said on wednesday. In may 20, the american website gawker and the toronto star reported that they had viewed a cellphone video that showed toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues. Mayor rob fords 44th birthday marred by ongoing crack. The scandal hit politician, who died from cancer in march, is seen inhaling. Mayor rob ford s 44th birthday marred by ongoing crack video scandal by daniel dale washington bureau david rider city hall bureau chief tues. Toronto mayor rob ford has denied ever using crack cocaine after scandal over an alleged video of him smoking the drug. Footage of late toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack. The video of former toronto mayor rob ford, shown first to media and later in the extortion trial of fords friend alexander lisi, was released. American website and the toronto star report seeing a. 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. C anadian officials released an infamous video of torontos late former mayor rob ford smoking crack to the public thursday, three years after reports of its existence triggered a political scandal.
Toronto mayor accused of smoking crack s family revealed. Gawker raised money to buy the video, but were unable to acquire the video when the seller broke off contact. Toronto mayor rob ford in crack cocaine video scandal 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. Should we add a murder to torontos crack smoking mayor. A video has emerged of the late toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack three years after he denied the footage existed. Toronto mayor rob ford admits using crack cocaine in a. Embattled toronto mayor rob ford has denied that a video of him smoking crack cocaine exists, and blasted media chasing the story as a bunch of maggots in comments unlikely to improve ford s. The details of an extensive police investigation into fords drug activities come six months after two toronto star reporters saw a video showing the mayor, obviously impaired, smoking what appears. But with this piece in this mornings toronto star this crazy story seems to be legit, and with it the merciful end to the embattled career of mayor rob ford.
In the infamous video that appears to show mayor rob ford smoking crack cocaine, an unidentified man can be heard prompting the mayor. The video was inaccessible by the public because it was entered as evidence in a court case against alexander lisi, fords former driver and. Like every great scandal, it started with an irksome early morning phone call right after easter. In 20 a video showing ford smoking crack started circulating on the internet which he initially claimed was untrue. Al jazeera outlines key events in the controversial canadian mayors alleged entanglement with drugs, gangs and escorts. Toronto mayor rob ford caught in crack smoking video scandal. A gang of canadian drug dealers are reportedly looking for a sixfigured payday by shopping around a shocking cellphone video showing toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack. Crack cocaine scandal of former toronto mayor rob ford. Court lifted publication ban on cellphone video showing embattled former mayor inhaling from crack pipe, which ford denied in 20 but later. His term was upended three years later, when a video circulated online that purported to show him smoking crack. The video of toronto mayor rob ford smoking crack doesnt exist, according to the mayor, but that didnt stop one of his staff members from meeting with homicide police detectives this week to. Toronto mayor rob ford in crack cocaine scandal crooks.
The crackedout life of marion barry, the original rob ford. How the mayors staffer went looking for the crack video by jennifer pagliaro city hall reporter sun. What with city hall, the police, torontos drug dealers, and the media playing a major role in the rob ford crack scandal, theres no reallife. There has been speculation the man may have been a friend of. 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. Allegations that the mayor had been caught on video smoking crack surfaced in news reports in may. In 20, the toronto star and gawker both said their reporters had watched a video that appeared to show torontos mayor, rob ford, smoking crack. Former toronto mayor rob ford who became world famous for his crack scandal while in office died tuesday after a battle with cancer. Toronto mayor rob ford admits to smoking crack cocaine. On november 3rd, mayor ford addressed the public about the scandal on his sunday radio programme, during which he apologized for his drinking mistakes and vowed to curb his lifestyle choices, though he vehemently denied ever having smoked crack and called on the police chief to publicly release the video. Hello everyone im devin dwyer new york and this is an abc news digital special report after months of rumors and. How the rob ford crack tape scandal really began the. Footage shows mayor smoking what selfprofessed drug dealers describe as crackcocaine.
436 655 763 260 590 1515 1599 1258 452 170 42 995 512 956 1027 330 691 1369 480 831 1346 341 839 1003 56 1132 565 1278 70 718 1357 485 654 493