{"id":216431,"date":"2023-11-15T00:52:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216431"},"modified":"2023-11-15T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:52:08","slug":"prince-andrews-pal-peter-nygard-82-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-4-women-in-hotel-room-with-no-door-handles-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/prince-andrews-pal-peter-nygard-82-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-4-women-in-hotel-room-with-no-door-handles-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew's pal Peter Nygard, 82, found guilty of sexually assaulting 4 women in hotel room with no door handles | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRINCE Andrew's tycoon pal Peter Nygard has been found guilty of sexually assaulting four women. <\/p>\n

The 82-year-old Canadian fashion mogul was convicted after a six-week trial.<\/p>\n


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He pleaded not guilty to all charges, which stemmed from allegations from the 1980s to the mid-2000s, and his lawyers branded his accusers "gold diggers".<\/p>\n

Five women testified that they were invited to Nygard's Toronto offices with the promise of tours or job interviews – and all ended up in his private suite where four of them were sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n

Multiple complainants told the jury similar stories of meeting Nygard on a plane, at an airport or at a nightclub before receiving invitations to meet him. <\/p>\n

All five women said their meetings with Nygard ended with sexual activity they did not consent to.<\/p>\n

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One of the complainants said the fashion mogul wouldn't let her leave his private suite – which led to the forcible confinement charge. <\/p>\n

Others said they felt trapped in the suite, describing doors that had to be opened with a keypad code or the push of a button near the bed.<\/p>\n

One called Nygard "a monster". <\/p>\n

Another said: "He lunged at me and adeptly pinned me on the bed. I kept repeating the word 'no,' at least 50 times."<\/p>\n

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One woman said she was only 16-years-old when she accompanied an older man she was dating at the time to Nygard's headquarters.<\/p>\n

She said Nygard sexually assaulted her and another woman handed her an emergency contraceptive pill on her way out.<\/p>\n

During the trial, Canadian prosecutor Ana Serban accused Nygard of having used his "power<\/span> and status as a wealthy fashion designer to lure and sexually assault young women".<\/p>\n

Nygard denied all the allegations and said he didn't recall meeting or interacting with four of them. <\/p>\n

He insisted he would never engage in the conduct he was accused of.<\/p>\n

He added that no one could have been locked inside his private suite under any circumstances.<\/p>\n

At the end of the trial, prosecutors argued Nygard was evasive and unreliable in his testimony and similarities in all five women's stories showed a pattern in his behaviour.<\/p>\n

The defence argued the complainants crafted a false narrative about Nygard and suggested their claims were motivated by a class-action lawsuit against Nygard in the US.<\/p>\n

Nygard appeared emotionless as the verdict was handed down.<\/p>\n

He was cleared of one count of sexual assault and a count of forcible confinement.<\/p>\n

Sentencing for Nygard will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

He is facing charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement in separate cases in Quebec and Manitoba, related to allegations dating back to the 1990s. <\/p>\n

He is also facing charges in the US.<\/p>\n

Nygard was first arrested in Winnipeg in 2020 under the Extradition Act after he was charged with nine counts in New York, including sex trafficking and racketeering charges.<\/p>\n

Lisa Haba, a lawyer representing almost 60 women suing Nygard in the US, has previously said "Nygard is worse than (Jeffrey) Epstein".<\/p>\n

"We believe he had more victims, and he was more violent," she said in 2021. <\/p>\n

Nygard founded a fashion firm in Winnipeg in 1967 which became Nygard International. <\/p>\n

He dined with the late Queen and rubbed shoulders with political leaders and Hollywood stars.<\/p>\n

He long boasted about his rise from humble beginnings, as a young Finnish immigrant who built a fashion empire with almost 170 stores at its peak, and amassed a personal fortune worth $620 million.<\/p>\n

He invited Andrew and ex Sarah Ferguson to his luxurious estate in the Bahamas in 2000.<\/p>\n

He and the prince were\u00a0pictured together.<\/p>\n

Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson and their two daughters toured the grounds of Nygard\u2019s estate for two hours, but did not stay at the mansion.<\/p>\n

Police raided Nygard\u2019s Manhattan corporate headquarters in 2020, and his company filed for bankruptcy protection a short time later.<\/p>\n

His arrest came after a whistleblower released footage that included a 17-year-old dancing on a stripper pole on Nygard's private Boeing 727 plane.<\/p>\n

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In the US, prosecutors allege Nygard used company funds to host "pamper parties" where girls were drugged and women assaulted if they didn't comply with his sexual demands.<\/p>\n

They also claimed he paid from corporate accounts for victims' plastic surgery and abortions – as well as child support for at least 10 kids he reportedly fathered with eight different women.<\/p>\n

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