Rob Ford is not the only Toronto mayoral candidate to face a criminal charge, says a campaign official for Sarah Thomson.

Thomson was charged privately by an ex-employee in 1999 but the Crown opted not to proceed with the charge, John Tory Jr., told the Star in emails Thursday night.

“In 1999, Sarah was involved in a dispute with a female ex-employee. Said employee was disgruntled and was believed to be stealing company property,” Tory wrote.

“After confronting the employee, Sarah called the police and the employee was arrested. Shortly thereafter, the police informed Sarah that the employee had filed assault charges against her . . .”

“Sarah was never taken into police custody. The details of the charges against Sarah were relayed to her by phone and a court summons delivered by mail . . . ”

“The charges were not proceeded with by the Crown.”

Tory added: “The ex-employee was charged. Sarah does not remember the specific charges nor does she remember the outcome of the woman’s case.”

The woman was an ex-employee of the Hamilton Examiner, Tory said. Thomson founded the newspaper and later sold it to launch the Women’s Post, of which she is now publisher.

Emails to Thomson earlier Thursday went unanswered. Her spokesperson Kinga Surma said she was at a family event but promised a statement, which Tory delivered.

Earlier Thursday, Ford, the front-runner in the mayoral race, admitted to being arrested and charged three times in the past — after an assault during a hockey fight when he was 18, for drinking and driving in Florida in 1999 and for a domestic incident in 2008. He was convicted of impaired driving but charges were dropped in the other two incidents.