Doug Ford has been served with what appeared to be a legal document — but the details of the case remain a mystery.

Just before debate held by community groups at Oakwood C.I. near St. Clair Ave. and Dufferin St. started Thursday night, a young man approached Ford as he arrived at the school’s auditorium. The man reached into a satchel, handed Ford an envelope and said: “You’ve been served.”

Ford disappeared down a nearby hallway with the envelope and around a corner away from the crowd awaiting the debate between Ford, John Tory, Olivia Chow and Ari Goldkind.

Ford read the documents with campaign aide Amin Massoudi, who is on leave from his duties as Mayor Rob Ford’s spokesman.

When a Star reporter asked Massoudi about the exchange she witnessed, he repeatedly said: “No comment.”

Campaign spokesperson Jeff Silverstein told a reporter Thursday night that he did not know about the incident.

A legal proceeding against Ford does not appear to have been filed yet in Toronto.

Massoudi, Silverstein and Ford did not respond to requests for comment on Friday morning.

Rob Ford was served with a lawsuit during his first run as mayor in 2010.

Restaurant owner George Foulidis filed a $6 million defamation suit against Ford over comments he made about the Beaches restaurant lease to the Toronto Sun during the campaign.

A judge ruled Foulidis had not proved Ford defamed him and a later appeal by Foulidis was dismissed earlier this year. Foulidis was also ordered to pay Ford’s trial costs.

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