Peter Nygard charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement by Toronto police
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Toronto police have charged former fashion mogul Peter Nygard with multiple counts of sexual assault, The Fifth Estate has learned.
Sources say Nygard faces nine counts in total, involving six women, one of whom was a minor at the time of the alleged assault. The charges, which were laid on Wednesday, include six of sexual assault and three of forcible confinement.
All of the alleged assaults took place in Toronto between the mid-1980s and the mid-2000s.
Word of the Toronto charges comes as Nygard, 80, remains in custody in Manitoba, where he is awaiting extradition to the United States after his arrest nine months ago on charges filed in court in the Southern District of New York, including for sex trafficking and racketeering.
A hearing for the extradition is scheduled to take place in Winnipeg Friday morning.
The women involved in the Toronto charges were informed Wednesday. One woman, contacted by CBC, welcomed the police action.
"It's fantastic.… Finally the bleeding is going to stop. That's all I can say," she told The Fifth Estate.
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