Proceedings in the sexual-assault case against Frank Stronach, the former head of an expansive Thoroughbred breeding and racetrack empire, were adjourned Monday for three months so that attorneys for Stronach can review an initial disclosure package from the prosecution, according to the Toronto Star. During a brief proceeding in an Ontario criminal court, an attorney for Stronach requested the three-month adjournment because his defense team has not yet received the disclosure package, according to the Toronto Star. Alexandra Berg, a prosecuting attorney, said that the first disclosure package is expected to be forwarded to the defense soon, to be followed by another tranche. Stronach did not appear either in person or via video conference, according to the Toronto Star, which said that courtroom rules “restricts the media from publishing any of the details discussed in Monday’s hearing.” Proceedings were adjourned until Oct. 7, after which Stronach is expected to enter a plea to the charges. Stronach, 91, is facing 13 charges related to sexual assault spanning nearly 50 years, from 1977 to 2023.  Stronach’s attorney, Brian Greenspan, has issued separate statements over the past month saying that Stronach will “vigorously” fight the charges. Stronach was first arrested in June and charged with five counts related to sexual assaults involving three unnamed individuals. After investigators in Peel, Ontario, issued a request for other victims to come forward, he was re-arrested in late June and charged with eight more offenses involving seven new unnamed individuals. Initially based in Canada, Stronach amassed hundreds of racehorses and built an enormous breeding operation in the early 1990s. He later used money from a Canadian auto-parts company he founded, Magna International, to acquire racetracks and other racing companies. The racing assets were eventually spun off into a separate company, Magna Entertainment, which went bankrupt and was reorganized under a private company, The Stronach Group. Following a bitter dispute with his daughter Belinda over control of the company, Frank Stronach took control of the racing and breeding assets while Belinda Stronach took over the racetrack operating assets, which were eventually rebranded 1/ST Racing. Stronach, whose wife Efriede died earlier this year, has largely retreated from public life since losing control of the company.  A previous version of this article misstated Belinda Stronach's role in the aftermath of the Stronach family dispute. She took over the racetrack operating assets, not the racing assets.  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.