Ford exec accused of assaulting wife, threatening to burn her $10K purses

DETROIT — Police say the head of a Ford Motor Co. unit threatened to burn his wife's $10,000 purses with a butane torch and assaulted her over the weekend. Franck Louis-Victor, 50, of Bloomfield Township, was charged Monday in court with felonious assault and arson-preparation to burn, officials said. Louis-Victor is CEO of Ford Next LLC and vice president of Ford Motor Company's New Businesses Platform, according to the company's website. Ford Next was created in 2022 to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles and foster new technology businesses. Louis-Victor was tapped to run the ...