Canadian entrepreneur Frank Stronach’s second trial for sexual assault has been rescheduled for next year.
Stronach, who is currently awaiting a ruling in his sexual assault case in Toronto, was originally expected to face trial this autumn in Newmarket, Ontario.
During a court session on Wednesday, it was announced that the jury trial is now slated to commence in May 2027, with an anticipated duration of four weeks.
Several days have been set aside in January and March for motions, including a request to divide the case into multiple trials.
Stronach, who founded the auto parts company Magna International, was charged in 2024 with 18 offenses involving 13 accusers, but the case was later divided into two separate trials that same year.
The Toronto trial initially included 12 charges from seven accusers, but prosecutors have since chosen to move forward with only seven charges from four of those complainants.
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The presiding judge in that trial, Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy, has indicated that she cannot convict Stronach on two charges concerning one of the remaining complainants.
Justice Molloy, who is adjudicating the case without a jury, expressed her intention to deliver a decision at the next hearing in June.