Toronto mayor to testify in extortion case

Published September 5, 2014 9:36pm ET



TORONTO (AP) — Rob Ford has been ordered to testify at a hearing of a friend accused of using extortion to try and retrieve a video of the Toronto mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine, Ford’s lawyer said Friday.

Lawyer Dennis Morris said Toronto police handed Ford a subpoena on Aug. 26 to testify at Alexander Lisi’s preliminary hearing next spring. Lisi is facing extortion charges in connection with alleged attempts to retrieve the video.

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