Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard Agrees to Extradition to U.S. to Face Sex Charges

U.S. prosecutors have accused him of felony perform involving dozens of victims in the U.S., Canada and the Bahamas.

Mr. Nygard wasn’t in the courtroom in Winnipeg, but appeared via a online video feed from jail. A check established to the facet of the courtroom showed him putting on a blue mask and sitting down in a blue area, according to a online video of Friday’s hearing posted by the Manitoba Courts.

Mr. Nygard’s attorney, Brian Greenspan, explained in courtroom that Mr. Nygard maintains his innocence.

“This method can now move ahead in order for him to face demo in the United States on an expedited foundation, and for him to have an possibility to increase his protection and to challenge the truthfulness of the proof which has been introduced against him,” explained Mr. Greenspan.

Mr. Nygard launched the closely held apparel business Nygard Global in Canada in 1967. He stepped down as chairman previous calendar year, just after his offices have been raided in Manhattan as aspect of an worldwide sex-trafficking probe.

It is unclear when Mr. Nygard will go to the U.S. The Toronto Law enforcement Company on Friday explained it has issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Nygard’s arrest. He will be billed in Toronto with 6 counts of sexual assault and a few counts of forcible confinement, according to a Toronto Law enforcement push launch.

Mr. Greenspan explained through a briefing with reporters on Friday broadcast by regional networks that it is up to Canada’s federal governing administration to come to a decision how it wishes to tackle the predicament.

The minister of justice could either await the final result of the Canadian fees or ship him to the U.S. with assurances that he will be returned to face fees in Canada, Mr. Greenspan explained.

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