FILE - In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Peter Nygard attends the 24th Night of 100 Stars Oscars Viewing Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Federal authorities on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, raided the Manhattan headquarters of the Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard amid claims that he sexually assaulted and trafficked dozens of teenage girls and young women. (Photo by Annie I. Bang /Invision/AP, File)
Peter Nygard, Courtney Stodden
NEW YORK (AP) — Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested on charges alleging he sexually assaulted women and girls after luring them into his orbit with fashion and modeling opportunities.
The 79-year-old Nygard was arrested in Canada and awaited an appearance in a Winnipeg courtroom. His lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, declined comment.
The arrest on sex trafficking charges Monday came after U.S. federal authorities raided Nygard’s Manhattan offices earlier this year. Authorities alleged a decades-long trail of crimes affecting dozens of women and girls in the United States, the Bahamas, Canada and elsewhere.
An indictment alleged Nygard used the promise of modeling and other fashion industry jobs to lure victims, who were sexually abused and assaulted by Nygard and his co-conspirators.
