Winnipeg Free Press Disgraced former international fashion czar facing racketeering, sex-trafficking charges in New York By: Ryan Thorpe and Dean Pritchard | Posted: 8:49 AM CST Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 Last Modified: 9:16 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 | Updates Save to Read Later Led into a Winnipeg courtroom in shackles, Peter Nygard walked slowly as he came into view, surrounded by sheriffs and dressed in the grey sweatshirt and track pants of an inmate. Led into a Winnipeg courtroom in shackles, Peter Nygard walked slowly as he came into view, surrounded by sheriffs and dressed in the grey sweatshirt and track pants of an inmate. A mask covered his face, his long grey hair was tied into a messy bun, and he sat in the prisoner’s box looking dishevelled and dismayed.