Doug Ford denied Karen Stintz’s claim that the two had reached a “mutual understanding” over an email list allegedly stolen from Mayor Rob Ford’s office and used by Stintz’s mayoral campaign.

“I haven’t talked to her,” Ford said at an invitation-only salon Wednesday night. “I don’t know what she’s talking about. There’s no agreement.”

Stintz, meanwhile, insisted that she and Ford had settled the matter at a weekend fundraiser.

“My understanding is that the matter is closed,” Stintz said by phone Wednesday night. “We had a discussion on Saturday . . . That’s very surprising to me.”

Last week, councillor Ford accused Stintz of using a confidential list containing the contact information of Rob Ford supporters, which had been removed from the mayor’s office in an alleged “security breach.”

“I’m not saying she took it … but she received it from someone and we called the police,” Doug Ford said Wednesday.

Const. Victor Kwong told the Star last week that at least one officer was dispatched to city hall on Friday after Ford called in the theft complaint.

Toronto Police spokesperson Mark Pugash said Wednesday night the “investigation is ongoing.”

Stintz said she was “shocked” by Ford’s claim they had not spoken or resolved their conflict.

Stintz said Councillor Ford made a “special point” of inviting her up to the podium at the annual CIMA Mayor’s Cricket event — one day after Ford made the accusations. A photo tweeted by event organizers shows the two councillors in the same frame wearing event t-shirts.

“I just said, ‘Doug, is the matter over?’ And he said, ‘Yeah it’s over,’” Stintz said, adding they had come to a “mutual understanding.”

Stintz did not elaborate on how the conflict erupted last week or what the misunderstanding was over. Ford claimed she had stolen email lists collected by the mayor and his staff and was using them improperly.

The mayoral candidate said her campaign did send out a mass fundraising email, but that she did not violate any election rules by sending it.

She said her campaign team assembled lists of those to receive the email blast.

Last week, several people who emailed the Star and posted online complained about getting the unsolicited email, claiming they had never signed up for campaign updates.

Stintz said anyone who does not want to receive the emails can simply unsubscribe.

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Last week, the city also said it was investigating the allegations made by Ford.

City spokesperson Jackie DeSouza told the Star any accusation lodged by a councillor is taken seriously.

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