Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied allegations in newly released court documents that he offered $5,000 (€3,440) and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack.

New court documents suggest troubled Toronto mayor Rob Ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine.

Defiant Toronto mayor Rob Ford has declared that he intends to stay in office despite immense pressure to step aside after admitting he smoked crack cocaine.

Toronto police say they have obtained a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking a crack pipe – a video he had claimed did not exist and has been at the core of a scandal that has Canada for months.