Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologises for oral-sex remarks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 2 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="3079724116" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">http://www.bbc.co.uk</a></div><div><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71127000/jpg/_71127257_fordqdfwqf.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Troubled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has apologised for obscene comments he made on live TV while denying he had offered oral sex to a female staff member.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Canadian politician used what he called "unforgivable language", in remarks to reporters.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">He also threatened to take legal action against former employees who made claims about his drinking and drug use.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">It is the latest scandal to engulf 44-year-old Mr Ford, who last week admitted smoking crack cocaine.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Police documents released on Wednesday quoted Ford associates as saying that the mayor had driven drunk, used racially abusive language, threatened staff, consorted with a woman suspected of being a prostitute and made a sexual proposition to a female staff member.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">'Particularly disappointing'</span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"></div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">On Thursday morning, he told reporters the allegations were "outright lies", although he conceded he might have driven after taking alcohol.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">However, reporters were left gasping by his profane outburst as he denied having once offered oral sex to a former female employee.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The father of two young children said that he was "happily married" and crudely commented that he enjoyed enough oral sex at home.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Later on Thursday, Mr Ford was flanked by his wife, Renata, as he expressed regret for the "graphic" language, the latest in a string of apologies.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">He said his integrity as a father and husband had been attacked, prompting him to "see red".</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"></div><div id="story_continues_2" style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">"I acted on complete impulse in my remarks," he said.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Mr Ford also announced he was getting help from healthcare professionals.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The erratic mayor was wearing a Toronto Argonauts jersey when he made the sexually charged comments.</div><div style="clear: left; font-size: 1.077em; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Canadian Football League team said in a statement: "These latest remarks, while wearing our team's jersey, are particularly disappointing."</div><br /></div></div>

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologises for oral-sex remarks Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologises for oral-sex remarks

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