Fashion Retailer Peter Nygard Indicted on Sex-Trafficking, Racketeering Charges
The Canadian fashion retailer was arrested on Monday in WinnipegJ. Clara Chan | December 15, 2020 @ 12:05 PM
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Peter Nygard, the Canadian fashion retailer behind Nygard International, was indicted on federal sex-trafficking and racketeering charges on Tuesday.
Nygard was arrested on Monday in Winnipeg by Canadian authorities at the request of the U.S. under an extradition treaty, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said on Tuesday.
According to the indictment, Nygard used his “employees, funds, and other resources, to recruit and maintain adult and minor-aged female victims for Nygard’s sexual gratification and the sexual gratification of his friends and business associates” over the course of 25 years, involving “at least dozens of victims” and at locations in the United States, the Bahamas and Canada.