Former Canadian vogue mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday after being convicted of 4 counts of sexual assault in assaults on girls in his Toronto workplace constructing that in some circumstances date again for many years.
The 11-year sentence is lowered to have in mind time he has already spent behind bars. Nygard has about 6.7 years left to serve and can be eligible for full parole after one-third of that.
Nygard, 83, was discovered responsible by a Toronto jury on 4 counts of sexual assault final November. He was acquitted of a fifth rely of sexual assault and one rely of forcible confinement.
Throughout the six-week trial, the Ontario Superior Courtroom heard testimony from 5 complainants who mentioned throughout a interval between the late Nineteen Eighties to round 2005 Nygard had attacked them in a personal bed room suite on the highest ground of the constructing.
Canadian police arrested Nygard in late 2020 on the request of the USA, the place he was accused of utilizing his companies to lure girls and ladies to sexually gratify himself and his associates.
Toronto police laid their very own prices towards him a few 12 months later. Nygard additionally faces prices of sexual assault and forcible confinement in Manitoba and Quebec.
He’s combating extradition to the U.S. the place he faces federal prices in New York for 9 offences together with conspiracy to commit racketeering, transportation of a minor for objective of prostitution, and intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion.
Born in Finland, Nygard grew up within the Canadian province of Manitoba, finally operating his namesake clothes firm and turning into one of many wealthiest folks within the nation.
“Peter Nygard is a sexual predator. He’s additionally a Canadian success story gone very improper,” Justice Robert Goldstein mentioned Monday.
“He used his wealth and his energy to commit 4 sexual assaults.”
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