Mayor Rob Ford is being sued by his sister’s former common-law spouse for his alleged involvement in a jailhouse assault.

Scott MacIntyre, who is a long-time drug addict and former common-law spouse of the mayor’s sister Kathy, filed a statement of claim against the mayor, former football coach Payman Aboodowleh and one-time Don Bosco football player Aedan Petros alleging they were involved in MacIntyre’s March 2012 assault.

No statement of defence has been filed and none of the claims have been proven in court.

MacIntyre’s leg was broken and his teeth busted in the incident, which was investigated but no charges ever laid.

The lawsuit alleges MacIntyre wrote Kathy a letter on Jan. 27, 2012 which Ford then perceived as a threat “to disclose Ford’s drug and alcohol abuse and association with criminals” causing him to become “highly agitated” and conspire with Aboodowleh to “send a firm message to (MacIntyre) to prevent him from doing so.”

The lawsuit also alleges that an infamous video showing the mayor in a drunken rant saying he’s going to kill someone and “rip his f---ing throat out” is about McIntyre.

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Aboodowleh, an assistant coach for Ford’s summer football team, the Rexdale Raiders, met with the mayor March 19, 2012 and recorded the video, the statement of claim alleges.

The March 2012 beating came two months after MacIntyre broke into Ford’s home on Jan. 11, 2012, later threatening to kill the mayor, according to court transcripts.

During MacIntyre’s June 2012 sentencing, Justice Paul French called the beating ‘jailhouse justice,’ telling the court: “(I) infer that the (beating) was visited upon Mr. MacIntyre because of his being a bother to Mr. Ford.”

Ford’s lawyer, Dennis Morris, denied that the mayor conspired to have Scott McIntyre attacked in prison.

“It’s very irresponsible and spurious to say he did,” Morris said.

When asked about McIntyre’s allegation that the mayor was caught on video threatening to kill him, Morris replied: “He denies that he was going to kill anybody.”

Morris, who was present in council chambers throughout the afternoon, said he has not yet had an opportunity to discuss with Ford the allegations in detail.

“He hasn’t said much because he’s been busy all day,” Morris said.

The mayor was seeking to retain Gavin Tighe, a civil litigation lawyer who successfully defended the mayor in a defamation lawsuit filed by restaurant owner George Foulidis.

Tighe said he expects to file a statement of defence in the coming weeks.

“Our position will be pretty clear in our statement of defence,” he said, “but my understanding is there’s no merit to this in fact or in law.”

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Speaking to reporters outside his office council after his property tax proposal was defeated, Ford said, “It's probably the worst day since I've been mayor down here at city hall.”

He refused to answer questions about the allegations in the lawsuit.

Councillor Doug Ford has so far declined to comment on the fresh allegations his brother faces, blowing past the crush of reporters gathered outside the mayor’s office on Wednesday before returning to budget deliberations.

But Councillor Joe Mihevc said the mayor’s latest legal troubles divert attention away from crafting a good operating budget for Toronto residents.

“This is the time for us to discuss the big picture issue of how the city’s going to develop, what programs to put in place. That’s what budgets are all about.”

“Once again, we are not focused on the business of council.”

The lawsuit’s allegations, whether or not they have merit, are distracting, he said.

“I don’t know if it’s a spurious claim, no one knows, it obviously has to be tested. But it bespeaks of the distraction that Ford has caused around here.”

That’s really the effect, Mihevc said.

“The news, the talk shows, are all about the soap opera of his life, rather than the story of a great city becoming a greater city.”

Councillor Mike Layton said he knew nothing of the allegations.

“Nothing could surprise me at this point, but I haven’t read anything about it,” Layton said. “It sounds like it’s a matter that will be up to the courts.”

With files from Rachel Mendleson and Betsy Powell