Timeline of Rob Ford crack video scandal information
Photograph given to Gawker and the Toronto Star providing "bonafides" for the video transaction. From left to right: Anthony Smith, Rob Ford, Monir Kassim and Muhammad Khattak.
In May 2013, the American website Gawker and the Toronto Star reported that they had viewed a cellphone video that showed then-Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues. Gawker raised money to buy the video, but were unable to acquire it when the seller broke off contact. On October 31, 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that they were in possession of the video, "and at least one other".[1][2] The video was retrieved in the course of an investigation of drug gangs, entitled "Project Traveller". Ford's associate Alexander "Sandro" Lisi was charged with extortion for attempting to retrieve the video, in exchange for marijuana.
Reporters from the Toronto Star and Gawker were sent a photo of Ford standing with three people outside the home where the video was shot. The individuals standing with Ford were later identified as Anthony Smith, Muhammad Khattak and Monir Kassim, three alleged members of a local gang. The location was later identified as a house on Windsor Road in the Etobicoke area of Toronto. Khattak and Kassim were both arrested in a sweep of an apartment complex near the home in June 2013. Smith was killed in a shooting on the streets of downtown Toronto in March 2013. The home was identified as the residence of a friend of Ford's from his high school days.[3] The home was attacked in a home invasion days after Gawker and the Toronto Star published the video story.[3]
Ford initially denied both the existence of the video and using crack cocaine. Though several members of Toronto City Council, as well as the editorial boards of the Star, the National Post, and the Toronto Sun, called for him to step down, he refused to do so.[4][5][6] On November 5, 2013, Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine "probably in one of my drunken stupors"[7] and to hiding his drug abuse from his family, his staff and the people of Toronto, but pledged to continue on as Mayor.[8] In a series of votes later that month, Ford was stripped by the City Council of virtually all of his mayoral powers, and then-Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly became de facto Acting Mayor.[9]
On April 30, 2014, a second video showing Ford smoking crack emerged.[10] Ford took a leave of absence to enter drug rehabilitation from May 1 through June 30, 2014, during which time Kelly officially served as Acting Mayor.[11][12][13] Ford did not run for re-election in 2014, instead running for, and winning, his former City Council seat; he continued to serve on the City Council until his death from cancer on March 22, 2016. In August 2016, the Toronto Police Service released the original video of Ford smoking crack, and the remaining charges against Lisi were dropped.[14]
^Star Investigations (October 31, 2013). "Rob Ford video scandal: Police have the video that appears to show mayor smoking crack, Blair says". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
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^National Post Editorial Board (October 31, 2013). "National Post editorial board: For the good of Toronto, Rob Ford must step down". National Post.
^Editorial (October 31, 2013). "City Hall still needs fiscal conservatism ... but Rob Ford needs to stand down". Toronto Sun.
^Editorial (October 31, 2013). "Mayor Rob Ford has nowhere left to hide: Editorial". Toronto Star.
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^"Rob Ford stripped of key powers in council vote". CBC News. November 13, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^Rob Ford takes leave as recent drug videos emerge – The Globe and Mail
^"Rob Ford '100% in rehab' after turning back at U.S. border". CBC News. May 6, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
^McGuire, Patrick (February 18, 2014). "I'm Not Convinced This Is the End of Rob Ford". VICE Canada. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
^"Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Says He's 'Living Clean' After Rehab". NBC News. June 30, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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