Crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford spotted in Ontario town while in rehab
Rob Ford photographed out and about in Ontario as his lawyer insists he is still in rehab over apparent alcohol and drug problems
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was spotted in a small Ontario town on Friday despite his lawyer insisting that the embattled leader of Canada’s biggest city is still in rehab.
Ford announced late last month that he was seeking treatment for an alcohol problem after a new video surfaced that appeared to show him smoking a crack pipe late last month.
It was only the latest twist in an ongoing saga for Ford, whose notorious and frequently-filmed behaviour led the city council to strip him of most of his powers after he admitted last year that he had smoked crack in a “drunken stupor” and was depicted on video threatening to “murder” someone.
On Friday, dozens of people spotted Ford outside a shopping plaza in Bracebridge, a community in the province’s countryside, said resident Brody Lisle, 19. Lisle was one of many locals who posed with the mayor for a photo.
“I was so excited, I’m still shaking after seeing him,” Lisle said. “He seemed a lot thinner and he was really happy and cheerful.”
Ford said rehab was “really good,” said Lisle, who called himself a fan of the confessed crack-smoking mayor.