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Rob Ford apparently drunk at City Hall days before rehab: report

TORONTO — Mayor Rob Ford “appeared intoxicated” and invited an unidentified woman into his office for an hour when City Hall was closed for a holiday just days before he entered rehab, says a security report released Friday.

The City Hall report, released Friday after a ­freedom-of-information request, said Ford was “slurring his words, red in the face and sweating profusely” when he asked a security guard to “bring her up” just before 8 p.m. on April 21, Easter Monday. The report said the woman left Ford’s office after an hour.

Ford remains in rehab for alcohol addiction. He had announced in April that he was seeking treatment after a video surfaced that apparently showed him smoking crack.

Following months of denials and reports of a similar video, he admitted last year that he had smoked crack in a “drunken stupor.”

It was one of many incidents of bad behavior that led the City Council to strip him of most of his powers.

The City Hall security report said Doug Ford, the mayor’s brother and a city councilor, arrived later at City Hall and escorted his brother and a different ­security guard to the parking garage.

“The mayor can be seen stumbling and even falling on the ground before being seated in the vehicle,” the report states.

Security footage shows Doug Ford in the driver’s seat.

Doug Ford didn’t return messages seeking comment.

The Globe and Mail newspaper reported in late April that it saw video of Ford smoking what ­appeared to be crack days before he entered rehab. The Toronto Sun said it had obtained audio of Ford making offensive remarks about other politicians at a bar a few nights later.

Ford has not abandoned his bid to seek a second term in October elections. Doug Ford has said he expects his brother to return to the campaign by June 30.