Controversial former fashion designer Peter Nygard, 82, was convicted on four counts of sexual assault by a Canadian jury on Sunday, the first of several legal hurdles the onetime mogul faces.
Disgraced Canadian fashion executive Peter Nygard was found guilty Sunday of sexually molesting four women in a secret bedroom suite inside his Canada offices.
Nygard, 82, who wore a black parka in court, displayed no emotion as the jury convicted him on four counts of sexual assault in the sick attacks on victims as young as 16 over a span of more than two decades in Toronto, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
The creepy designer, who still faces criminal and civil cases in New York and elsewhere in Canada, was convicted largely on the testimony of his accusers at the six-week trial, the report said.
“This is a crime that typically happens in private and profoundly impacts human dignity,” prosecutor Neville Golwalla said after the verdict.
“To stand up and recount those indignities in a public forum such as a courtroom is never easy and takes great courage,” Golwalla said. “Everyone who came forward here is to be commended.”
Nygard was acquitted of a fifth sexual assault charge and one count of forcible confinement.
