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Peter Nygard convicted of sexual assault and forcible confinement in Montreal case
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Peter Nygard convicted of sexual assault and forcible confinement in Montreal case
A Canadian judge has found former fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexually assaulting and confining a woman in Montreal in the 1990s.
- Nygard, 84, offered no contest to prosecution evidence on the first day of his trial in a Montreal courthouse on Monday.
- Nygard's lawyer Gerri Wiebe said her client made a strategic decision not to contest the charges based on his extradition situation.
- In a separate 2024 case, Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women in Toronto.
- Nygard intends to request that Canada's justice minister suspend any extradition to the US due to his age and health, Wiebe said.
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