After repeated denials and months of allegations, embattled
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told reporters Tuesday that he smoked crack cocaine.
"Yes, I have smoked crack
cocaine. ... Am I an addict? No," Ford said.
Pressure on Ford, 44, increased
on Thursday, when Toronto's police chief announced investigators recovered a
video of the mayor that purportedly shows him smoking a crack pipe.
That followed allegations that
surfaced in two media outlets in May that Ford was recorded on video last
winter using crack cocaine.
Ford made Tuesday's admission to
reporters outside his office in Toronto.
"Yes, I've made mistakes.
All I can do is apologize and move on," he said.
Toronto city council member John
Filion, who had just introduced a motion to take many of the mayor's powers
away from him, reacted to the admission shortly after it was made.
"Wow. I need a minute to
absorb this," Filion said. "I think the mayor needs to step aside and
take stock of his life as this situation becomes more absurd."
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