Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire and former Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach was arrested on sexual assault charges spanning decades, police said.

The 91-year-old was charged Friday with five crimes including rape, indecent assault on a female, sexual assault and forcible confinement, Peel Regional Police said. He was released with conditions and will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, Ontario, at a later date, the police statement said.

Peel Regional Police Constable Tyler Bell said there is more than one accuser but declined to say how many.

Police allege the sexual assaults occurred from the 1980s to as recent as 2023. Bell said they are appealing for people to come forward if they have information or have been victims.

Stronach, a three-time Eclipse Award-winning thoroughbred owner, bought Santa Anita Park in Arcadia for $127 million from the Meditrust Cos. in 1998. He later founded The Stronach Group, a horse racing, entertainment and pari-mutuel wagering technology company, with his daughter Belinda in 2011, but resigned two years later to run for office in his native Austria.

Stronach no longer plays a role in The Stronach Group, which still includes Santa Anita among the horse racing tracks it owns. He filed a lawsuit in 2018 against his daughter and family members alleging mismanagement. The suit was settled in 2020, with Stronach and his wife gaining ownership of a stallion and breeding business. Belinda Stronach, who rebranded The Stronach Group as 1/ST, retained full control of all horse racing, gaming, real estate and related assets.

Stronach didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. He has hired prominent Canadian defense lawyer Brian Greenspan.

“Mr. Stronach categorically denies the allegations of impropriety which have been brought against him,” Greenspan said in an e-mail. “He looks forward to the opportunity to fully respond to the charges and to maintain his legacy both as a philanthropist and as an icon of the Canadian business community.”

Florida men win third straight title, USC 3rd

Florida finished third in the 1,600-meter relay to pass Auburn — which failed to qualify for the final event — in the team standings late Friday night for the Gators’ third straight NCAA men’s outdoor track and field championship and fifth in eight seasons.

Florida finished with 41 points to edge the Tigers by one in Eugene, Ore.. USC followed with 33, Alabama had 32 and Texas A&M 31.

The Aggies broke the school and meet record in the relay at 2 minutes, 58.37 seconds.

At the start of the day, Auburn moved up to second in the standings when it won the 400 relay in 38.03 — the third-fastest time in collegiate history.

Division I newcomers Cheickna Traore of Penn State and Shane Cohen of Virginia won events in their first season after transferring. Traore ran away with the 200 title in 19.95, beating Florida’s Robert Gregory. Traore won the event last year in the Division III meet for Ramapo College.

Cohen was in last place with a little more than 100 meters to go before winning the 800 in 1:44.97 for his first Division I title.

Georgia’s Christopher Morales Williams completed an indoor-outdoor sweep in the 400, finishing in 44.47.

North Carolina’s Parker Wolfe won the 5,000 in 13:54.43, topping former champs Nico Young and Ky Robinson for his first national title.

For the women, McKenzie Long of Mississippi captured titles in the 100 meters, 200 and 400-meter relay, while Arkansas won the team title on Saturday.

Long won the 100 in 10.82 seconds, finished the 200 in a personal-best time of 21.83 to finish the season undefeated in the event and helped Ole Miss — along with Akilah Lewis, Gabrielle Matthews and Jahniya Bowers — finish the relay in a program-record 42.34 seconds.

Nickisha Pryce of Arkansas set meet and collegiate records to win the 400 meters in 48.89 seconds, helping the Razorbacks finish 1-2-3-4 in the event along with Kaylyn Brown (49.13), Amber Anning (49.59) and Rosey Effiong (49.72).

Arkansas cruised to victory in the 1,600-meter relay, setting collegiate and meet records with a time of 3 minutes, 17.96 seconds, beating second-place Tennessee (3:23.32) by more than 5 seconds and becoming the first NCAA team in history to break 3:20.

The Razorbacks finished with 63 points, four ahead of second-place Florida. Texas was third with 41 points.

In the 400-meter hurdles, USC’s Jasmine Jones set a meet record and won in a personal-best 53.15 seconds.

Stanford’s Juliette Whittaker set a school outdoor record to win the 800 meters in 1 minute, 59.61 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:00.08 by Olivia Baker in 2018.

Parker Valby of Florida broke her own NCAA record to win the 5,000 meters in 14 minutes, 52.18 seconds.

Harvard’s Maia Ramsden won her second straight title in the 1,500 in 4 minutes, 6.62 seconds, less than a second off the meet record.

Sixers’ Walker dies

Chet Walker, a seven-time All-Star forward who helped Wilt Chamberlain and the Philadelphia 76ers win the 1967 NBA title, has died. He was 84.

• Luis Suárez, Uruguay’s all-time leading scorer, will play in his fifth Copa América. Suarez, 37, who plays for Inter Miami, was in the 26-man squad named by national coach Marcelo Bielsa. Uruguay faces the host U.S., Bolivia and Panama in Group C.