Restaurant owner George Foulidis testified Wednesday that he was "humiliated" by comments made by Rob Ford when the now mayor was running for election. (Alex Tavshunsky/CBC) An audio recording of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's 2010 conversation with a newspaper will be presented in court today as a key piece of evidence in his $6-million libel trial.
Ford is being sued by local pub owner George Foulidis over comments made during the politician's 2010 mayoralty campaign about a deal between the city and the Foulidis family business, Tuggs, Inc.
At the time, the city had awarded an untendered 20-year lease extension for Tuggs to operate the Boardwalk Pub, which is located on city property along Woodbine Beach.
During the heated mayoralty campaign, Ford, then a city councillor, was critical of the deal, and Foulidis has said that Ford suggested his company won the deal as a result of illegal activity.
Foulidis told the court on Wednesday that Ford's criticism has left him "humiliated" and feeling "like a criminal." He teared up at another point when talking about the effect that the affair has had on his family.
Key to the trial is a news report published in the Toronto Sun on Aug. 11, 2010, following Ford's meeting with the paper's editorial board.
That story paraphrased Ford as saying the city's deal with Tuggs "smacks of civic corruption." Ford's lawyer Gavin Tighe has argued his client did not utter those words in a direct quote.
An audio recording of that meeting was said to be missing on Tuesday, the first day of the trial, but has since been found by a former editor of the paper.
Key audio recording to be presented
It's expected that tape will be entered into evidence Thursday, although the Sun on Tuesday published a partial transcript of the meeting. That transcript appears to corroborate an account by Ford's lawyer that his client never directly said the Tuggs deal "smacks of civic corruption."
While the key audio recording will make an appearance in court on Thursday, Ford will not.
Tighe told the court Wednesday his client would not be available to take the stand. Tighe would not say why, but the high school football team Ford coaches has a game scheduled for 2 p.m. in the city's east end.
Ford is expected to testify Friday.
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