Canadian ex-fashion mogul Peter Nygard convicted of sexual assault
- The verdict followed weeks of testimony from five women whom fashion mogul Peter Nygard was accused of sexually assaulting
- Nygard, 82, had pleaded not guilty to all charges, which stemmed from allegations dating back from the 1980s to the mid-2000s
Peter Nygard, the founder of one of Canada’s largest clothing brands, was found guilty on Sunday on four counts of sexual assault, a court announced in Toronto.
The jury, which deliberated for five days, also acquitted Finnish-Canadian Nygard on one count of sexually assaulting one of the women who testified at the seven-week trial, and one count of forcible confinement, according to Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice.
The charges against the one-time fashion mogul, now 82, involved four women and a 16-year-old girl and date from incidents that occurred between 1988 and 2005.
The trial addressed the first in a series of charges he faces for sex crimes against multiple women in Canada and the United States and spanning several decades.
“I know it’s been a long and arduous case for you,” Justice Robert Goldstein told the jury.
