Mayor Rob Ford is expected to address new allegations against him in a television interview with Conrad Black set to air Monday night.

This will be the first sit-down interview the mayor has given since fresh allegations surfaced against him in police documents released Wednesday.

The documents contain information obtained through police wire taps that allege, among other things, that Ford has used heroin and that he offered $5,000 and a car in exchange for a video reported to show him smoking from a glass pipe. Ford publicly disputed the existence of the video until Police Chief Bill Blair announced that police had obtained a copy of it recovered from a laptop computer during police raids.

Ford has not been charged and none of the allegations have been proven in court.

The interview, taped on Friday, is set to run at 9 p.m. on The Zoomer, a program which airs on Vision TV. The interview is expected to run about 17 to 20 minutes in length.

While it was originally set to air Dec. 16, Zoomer announced Saturday the program would be moved up to Dec. 9 “due to overwhelming interest and demand.”

In a promotional clip posted to Zoomer’s website, Black says that due process should prevail with respect to any allegations made against Ford.

He says “the piling on of Mayor Rob Ford has been excessive” and adds that those who don’t like the mayor’s style will have an opportunity to vote him out at the next election if they wish to do so.

“Beyond that, his accusers should put up or shut up,” the former media baron says in the clip.

Ford yet to address new allegations

Despite conducting a flurry of media interviews with U.S. and Canadian outlets following an admission that he smoked crack cocaine, Ford has mostly been mum since the new allegations surfaced on Wednesday.

He did however tell a Washingtion D.C. radio station Thursday that the allegation he tried to obtain the video “is an outright lie.” Ford was appearing on the show to talk about football and quickly told the host to refer other questions about the allegations to his lawyer.

On Friday, his brother Coun. Doug Ford, told reporters the allegations about heroin use are false. He also said it’s untrue that his brother associates with gangsters.

“Let me reassure everyone, the mayor is not hanging out with gang members,” Coun. Ford told reporters at city hall.

Coun. Ford also suggested that ongoing police allegations against his brother are the product of an organized campaign by the mayor’s enemies.

“Isn’t it amazing how all this timing took place,” Ford said. “In my opinion, folks, this is a clear clear agenda, a very well organized agenda by some of our competitors. In my opinion, they don’t want Rob Ford here.”

In a tense exchange with reporters, he also accused the media of engaging in “Soviet-era Pravda journalism” to turn people against the mayor.

The mayor was at city hall Friday but did not speak with reporters.

However he did attend a Santa Claus parade in Etobicoke Saturday where he distributed candy to kids and was lauded by some residents who told reporters they would still vote for him.

Ford also appeared briefly at a North York funeral home Sunday where a vigil was being held for Const. John Zivcic, a police officer who died in hospital this week after being involved in a collision while on duty last weekend.

The mayor is also expected to attend a large police memorial for Zivcic on Monday.

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