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The caller said a man nicknamed “Gotti” had the video. Police investigation showed that Mr. Siad was also known as Gotti, the document says, although elsewhere police say his nicknames were “Warlock” and “Slamo.”

A second call from the man to Mr. Price said Anthony Smith, who was shot and killed outside a Toronto nightclub on March 28, had a copy of the video and was the reason for his murder, the document says.

Police were investigating that possibility.

The document also says that on May 17, the day after the video scandal broke, the mayor told George Christopoulos, his press secretary at the time, that “the video everyone was talking about, if it existed, might be at” the Dixon Rd. apartment.

When asked about the allegations, the mayor’s brother Doug Ford had few words.

“I have no comment, I don’t know what else to say. It is what it is and that’s it,” he said. Asked if now he thinks the mayor should step aside, given the severity of the allegations, he said “why?”

“That’s why I don’t talk about anything before the courts. You said the magical word, allege. I can allege that you offered $5,000, right? It’s alleging, so I have no comment,” he said.

Mr. Ford’s lawyer Dennis Morris emphasized that the incidents being discussed in the court documents is in the past.

“The mayor is changing his life,” Mr. Morris said during an interview on CP24.

“All these people who were on your station talked about ‘he should resign’ or ‘he change his way,’ just remember all this stuff happened way back in April. This isn’t something that happened last week. As you know he’s involved in support with professionals and he’s at the gym every day for two hours. Take a look at him. You’ll see what a tremendous change that’s occurred in the last month.”