His lawyer, Gary Clewley, said D'Angelo will plead not guilty. Calling from a charity golf tournament in Ottawa yesterday, D'Angelo vigorously denied he did anything wrong. He called the allegation a total lie, but said he has faith in Canada's judicial system.
It's not in my character, in my history and I have an enormous amount of respect for women. I have a mother, I have a daughter, so something like this, I would not want it on the women in my life, he said. I'm not going to play the victim.
When you're in the public eye there's always something every day there's a difficult obstacle and my favourite saying is `tough times don't last, but tough people do,' and I'll deal with it. While he acknowledged knowing his accuser, he didn't want to elaborate. People take shots at me.
Sometimes we allow it, and sometimes we don't, and this is a pretty serious shot at me. Mike Cecere, his longtime friend who handles publicity for Steelback, said the charge is not in Frank's nature, it's never been in Frank's nature. He has total respect for women.
In fact, one of his prime charities is breast cancer. Earlier this year, Steelback Brewery took over as the title sponsor of the Toronto Grand Prix for the next five years when Molson ended its association after 21 years. D'Angelo, who got his start by selling juices out of a truck, also owns a beverage company with a product line that includes Cheetah Power Surge.
The Toronto native enlisted Ben Johnson for a controversial ad in whichthe steroid user raised a can and audaciously proclaimed: I Cheetah all the time. Three years ago, D'Angelo bought a fruit-processing plant and microbrewery in Bruce County from billionaire generic-drug maker Barry Sherman, now a business partner. D'Angelo also owns the Steelback Centre in Sault Ste.
Marie, home of the junior hockey Greyhounds. And he makes news, whether for his interest in buying sports franchises or for filing a $2-million libel suit against blogger and His lawyer, Gary Clewley, said D'Angelo will plead not guilty.
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