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Nygaard, 83, was found guilty by a Toronto jury last November on four counts of sexual assault. (file)
Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygaard was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in attacks on women in his Toronto office building that in some cases spanned decades.
The 11-year sentence has been reduced to take into account the time he has already spent behind bars. Nygard has about 6.7 years left to serve and will be eligible for full parole after a third of that.
Nygaard, 83, was found guilty by a Toronto jury last November on four counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of a fifth count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement.
During the six-week trial, the Ontario Superior Court heard testimony from five complainants who said Nygard assaulted them in a private bedroom suite on the top floor of the building between the late 1980s and 2005. what was
Canadian police arrested Nygaard in late 2020 at the request of the United States, where he was accused of using his business to lure women and girls to him and his partners for sexual gratification.
Toronto police brought their own charges against him nearly a year later. Nygaard also faces charges of sexual assault and forced imprisonment in Manitoba and Quebec.
He is fighting extradition to the United States where he faces federal charges in New York for nine felonies including conspiracy to defraud, transportation of a minor for the purpose of prostitution, and coercion, fraud or coercion. including through sex trafficking.
Born in Finland, Nygaard grew up in the Canadian province of Manitoba, eventually becoming one of the country’s richest men, running his eponymous clothing company.
“Peter Nygaard is a sex predator. That Canadian success story is also very wrong,” Justice Robert Goldstein said Monday.
“He used his wealth and his power to commit four sexual assaults.”
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