The Toronto Star: If Rob Ford asks Toronto police for a recording of the 911 call he made Monday morning after he was ambushed at his home by This Hour Has 22 Minutes, they will release it to him.
“And he could do with it whatever he chose,” said police spokesman Mark Pugash.
The contents of that call have stirred fresh controversy for the embattled mayor following a CBC News report alleging that Ford insulted the 911 dispatcher in a profanity-laced tirade.
Ford has admitted to using the f-word in the call, but has denied insulting the female operator, calling the CBC report “absolutely false.”
The CBC is standing by their story. “There were multiple sources who gave us information about the 911 call,” said CBC News spokesman Chris Ball. “We have reconfirmed with our sources and they stand behind what they have told us.”
The mayor initially called 911 when 22 Minutes cast member Mary Walsh, dressed in character as the outlandish and loud-mouthed Marg Delahunty, approached him in his driveway Monday morning.
The episode aired Tuesday night.
This morning, the CBC reported that when police didn’t arrive right away, Ford turned on the dispatcher in a subsequent call, yelling: “You … bitches! Don’t you f---ing know? I’m Rob f---ing Ford, the mayor of this city!”
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