A former student and scholarship recipient at the company once helmed by Frank Stronach is speaking out about an “unwelcome but not illegal” sexual interaction involving the billionaire in the 1980s, when he was in his 50s and she was 19 years old.
Jane Boon told CTV News Toronto in an interview about how she was first flattered at the attention the auto parts magnate paid her, but then felt “outmaneuvered” by him as she ended up staying the night with him at a guest house controlled by the company, Magna International.
“I knew that in saying anything I would be basically losing two years of my life. What happened was unwelcome. But it didn’t seem illegal,” Boon said.Stronach’s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, said in a statement, “In many free and democratic societies, the identities of both the accuser and the accused are protected when the police initiate a charge against a citizen. This is not the case in Canada.
“Stronach announces to the driver that I’ve had too much to drink. That I’m in no condition to drive back to Guelph. And that he will drive me to the guest house,” she said. Boon said as soon as she heard of the charges this year, she phoned the Peel Regional Police, who interviewed her. She said she felt treated very well and is encouraging others who may have information to get in touch with them and further their investigation.
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