By Jon Swaine , New York. The embattled Mayor of Toronto, who admitted smoking crack cocaine , has been accused by his staff of partying with a prostitute on a drink- and drug-fuelled St Patrick's Day rampage.
Rob Ford swigged from a bottle of vodka, snorted cocaine, popped a prescription painkiller and even launched a racist tirade at a taxi driver, aides told police. The new allegations came after Mr Ford, an Independent conservative, rejected fresh calls for him to take a leave of absence or resign from his position as chief executive of Canada's biggest city.
Staff members, who were interviewed by officers investigating reports that the mayor had been recorded on video smoking crack, recalled a chaotic evening on 17 March By 9pm, Mr Ford had already drunk half of a bottle of vodka and was found by staff members in his office with a woman who "may have been an escort or prostitute", one aide said. Vancouver bans doorknobs. Rob Ford 'more popular than Barack Obama'. Toronto mayor apologises again.
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Despite already being "totally out of it," he insisted on heading out to a city bar and talked of getting hammered and "going out then getting laid".
