Police say they have arrested a prominent Canadian businessman in a sexual assault investigation and charged him with several alleged offences, including rape.
Peel Regional Police, to the west of Toronto, said on Friday evening that they had arrested 91-year-old Frank Stronach in relation to alleged sexual assaults dating back decades.
“It is alleged that the sexual assaults spanned from the 1980s to as recent as 2023,” investigators said in a statement.
Peel police confirmed to Global News that the Frank Stronach they arrested was the Canadian businessman, and said he had been released with conditions pending a court date.
Stronach faces five criminal charges: rape, indecent assault on a female, two counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement.
According to a biography on the University of Toronto’s website introducing Stronach as an “executive in residence,” he came to Canada in 1954 from Austria.
He made his money in auto parts, with billions of dollars in sales across the world.
Global News contacted Stronach for comment through his corporation Stronach International Inc. but did not immediately receive a response.
Peel police said they were appealing for anyone with more information — or who believed there were more alleged victims — to come forward.