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Finally, long-time Toronto Councillor Michael Thompson took the stand to begin his side of the story that has branded him a lecherous man who sexually assaulted two women after luring them to a friend’s Muskoka cottage during the Canada Day long weekend in 2022.

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Wearing a royal blue suit and tie, Thompson, 65, looked remarkably relaxed when he began his testimony late Tuesday afternoon in Barrie —  even though so much is on the line.

It seems a distant memory since the six-time Scarborough Centre councillor and former deputy mayor pleaded not guilty when his judge-alone trial opened in Bracebridge last fall. In her opening, Crown Mareike Newhouse alleged the politician promised mentorship and networking opportunities, but instead preyed on the two women after plying them with marijuana and alcohol.

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