Mayor Crack House: Police Visit Site Of Rob Ford Drug Scandal

The crack house where Toronto mayor Rob Ford was allegedly caught on tape smoking crack cocaine has been identified by the Canadian press and visited by police.

The embattled mayor continues to deny allegations that it is him and refused to comment on the Windsor Road home identified as the site of his indiscretion.

“I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine,” Ford said during a news conference at city hall.

But the scandal has hit his office hard, as he lost several key cabinet members over the last several days.

The scandal came to light a few weeks ago when men reportedly connected to the Toronto drug trade began shopping a tape they claimed would show Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. They wanted $200,000 for the tape, reports said.

Gawker writer John Cook was one of those approached about buying the video, and as proof the tipster sent a picture allegedly showing Ford hanging out with a group of young black men. One of those men would later be killed outside a Toronto nightclub in a gangland-style shooting.

Gawker compared it to another photo of Rob Ford from the National Post where Ford is wearing the same sweatshirt and concluded that the two appear to be the same.

Cook flew to Toronto to view the supposed Rob Ford crack video, writing:

“Here is what the video shows: Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, is the only person visible in the frame. Prior to the trip, I spent a lot of time looking at photographs of Rob Ford. The man in the video is Rob Ford. It is well-lit, clear. Ford is seated, in a room in a house. In one hand is a a clear, glass pipe. The kind with a big globe and two glass cylinders sticking out of it. In the other hand is a lighter.”

Two Toronto Star reporters also saw the supposed Rob Ford video, but turned down the chance to buy the video.

The story has refused to go away. CBC News has confirmed that an assault took place at the mayor crack house just days before the men approached the news outlets over the video. Police confirmed that a man forced his way into the home and assaulted two people with “some kind of pipe.”

The attacker was described as a black male in his mid-30s wearing dark clothing. Some news outlets have alleged that the man was looking for the Rob Ford crack video, but police said they have no information indicating that.

The secrets that dwell within the mayor crack house may never be known. The editor of Gawker said the main contact for the alleged video fears the footage is “gone.”