Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard sentenced by Canadian justice to eleven years in prison for sexual assault

In his verdict, the judge highlighted the intensity of “the violence, the degradation and the duration of his sexual assaults.”

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced Monday, September 9, in Toronto to eleven years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting four women. “Peter Nygard is a sexual predator”Superior Court Judge Robert Goldstein said. “He is also an example of a Canadian success story that went very wrong.”he noted, adding that he has “used his wealth and power to commit four sexual assaults”.

The prosecutor was asking for at least 15 years of incarceration for the 83-year-old Finnish-Canadian former businessman, who has been incarcerated since his arrest in 2020. The defense was asking for a six-year sentence, citing his advanced age and failing health.

In his verdict, the judge stressed the intensity of “the violence, the damage and the duration of his sexual assaults” but also “manipulations used to bring victims into [son] private apartment”He also noted that Peter Nygard, who was in the room and wearing a black hoodie and white visor, had not moderated his behavior over the years.

Delayed several times, his sentence comes almost a year after he was found guilty in November 2023 of taking advantage of his status as the head of one of Canada’s largest women’s clothing manufacturers to sexually assault several women and a 16-year-old girl between 1988 and 2005.

A friend of Hollywood stars, a traveler in a private jet emblazoned with his name in capital letters, and a fan of lavish parties at his sprawling homes in the Bahamas and Los Angeles, he pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial. For weeks, his victims said they had been “trapped” by Peter Nygard, finding himself in a room with a bed, a bar and a door, without a handle, closed with a code.