In mid-2012, Mark Towhey, chief of staff for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, got a call from his boss at 2:39 in the morning. Ford, the 330-pound leader of Canada’s largest city, was speaking “superfast,” often incoherently. He told his chief that he’d been arguing with his wife, Renata — whose speech Towhey could hear in the background sounding “slurred” — and wanted a witness. Towhey listened to them scream at each other about money and other things, and occasionally Ford would interject. “I can’t live like this,” Ford told Towhey. “She’ll f— guys right in front of me . . . I swear to God I’m gonna kill this woman, brother.” Towhey dialed 911 on his cellphone but didn’t press “Enter.” His...
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