TORONTO: Austrian-Canadian auto components billionaire Frank Stronach was arrested Friday on sexual assault prices masking many years, police mentioned Friday. Stronach, 91, was charged with 5 crimes together with rape, indecent assault on a feminine, sexual assault, and forcible confinement, Peel Regional Police mentioned. He was launched with situations and can seem on the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Brampton, Ontario, at a later date, the police assertion mentioned. Peel Regional Police Constable Tyler Bell mentioned there’s a couple of accuser however declined to say what number of. “Clearly, it is a high-profile case. Our particular victims unit is sure to guard the victims and in doing in order that’s why had been are being imprecise,” Bell mentioned. “There’s a couple of sufferer however we cannot affirm that quantity but.” A lawyer for Stronach did not instantly reply to a request for remark. Police allege the sexual assaults occurred from the Nineteen Eighties to as current as 2023. Bell mentioned they’re interesting for individuals to come back ahead if they’ve data or have been victims. Stronach, who was born in Austria, turned considered one of Canada’s wealthiest individuals by creating Magna in his storage in 1957 and constructing it into one of many world’s largest suppliers of auto components. He additionally based The Stronach Group, an organization that makes a speciality of horse racing. He made a short foray into Austrian politics greater than a decade in the past and has been named to the Order of Canada, one of many nation’s highest honors. A Magna spokesperson mentioned Stronach has had no affiliation with the corporate since relinquishing management in 2010. “We’ve not too long ago been made conscious of the costs filed in opposition to Frank Stronach,” Dave Niemiec mentioned in an e mail Friday night. “Magna has no information of the investigation or the allegations which have been raised past what has been reported within the media.” Niemiec mentioned the corporate wouldn’t remark additional on the continued authorized matter. In 2018, Frank sued his daughter, two grandchildren, and former enterprise affiliate Alon Ossip for over $500 million in Ontario Superior Court docket alleging they mismanaged the household’s property and conspired to take management of them. Belinda Stronach, a former Canadian Member of Parliament, countersued her father, saying in an announcement of protection that he misplaced huge sums of cash on pet initiatives. The case was later settled.