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WINNIPEG — A Canadian fashion mogul facing charges for sex trafficking and racketeering in the United States will remain behind bars after a judge expressed concerns over the plans for his release on. . .
For Peter Nygard, Alone and Jailed, Rags-to-Riches Story Turns Upside Down The former fashion executive’s defense team asked for more time after one of the two guarantors who put forward collateral raised suspicions. A picture of Peter Nygard in a Nygard store in New York.Credit...Justin Lane/EPA, via Shutterstock Published Jan. 21, 2021Updated Feb. 5, 2021 TORONTO — For years, Peter Nygard presented himself as a rags-to-riches story: a multimillionaire who built a fashion empire from nothing, hobnobbed with Canadian prime ministers and traveled between his luxurious homes on a private je...
Accused Sex Trafficker Nygard’s Bail Request Gets Pushback Bloomberg 1/19/2021 Marcy Nicholson (Bloomberg) -- Canadian women’s clothing designer Peter Nygard asked to be released from jail, while a prosecutor expressed concerns about two former employees who offered to back a bond for the accused sex trafficker. In the first day of a two-day bail hearing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Tuesday, prosecutor Scott Farlinger opposed releasing the retail magnate. Jay Prober, a lawyer for Nygard, argued that holding the 79-year-old during the Covid-19 pandemic “is nothing short of...
WINNIPEG — A Canadian fashion mogul facing charges for sex trafficking and racketeering in the United States will remain behind bars after a judge expressed concerns over the plans for his release on bail.