Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard has been accused of hiring his s3x worker girlfriend to rape two of his sons when they were teenagers in a bombshell new lawsuit.
Nygard’s biological sons made the stunning allegations against their father, who has been accused of s3xually assaulting dozens of women in a decades in a complaint filed Sunday in Manhattan federal court. The men claim they were both statutorily raped by the same ‘girlfriend’ of their father, who was a ‘known s3x worker’. The alleged rapes took place 14 years apart at properties owned by 79-year-old Nygard.https://youtu.be/7vWnOmKWloY
In one case, Nygard, who has seven children in total, allegedly told the woman that he wanted her to ‘make a man’ out of one of the sons, who was 14 at the time. ‘Each of the sons has experienced, first-hand, the destruction caused by Peter Nygard’s s3x trafficking venture and, through their truth, stand for accountability and justice,’ the complaint states. ‘In addition to trafficking his sons, Peter Nygard lied about the s3xual abuse and attempted to intimidate his sons into remaining quiet.
But in this case, refuse to be silenced and, following an investigation in the last several months, Nygard’s Sons have come to realize the lies and corruption of Peter Nygard, including s3x trafficking, intimidation, and destruction of countless innocent victims.’
The names of both sons were withheld in the complaint for their protection, according to a press release. The elder son – referred to in the suit as ‘John Doe 2’ – was raped when he was 15 years old in 2004 at his father’s home in the Bahamas, the complaint states. Fourteen years later, Nygard allegedly ‘lured, enticed and transported’ the younger son – ‘John Doe 1’ – from California to his residence in Winnipeg, Canada, in the summer of 2018, where the same woman raped him. He was 14 years old and a virgin at the time, the complaint states. The legal age of consent in Canada is 16.
Nygard allegedly paid the woman, who was not named in the suit, using money from his fashion empire, Nygard International. The elder son spoke about the alleged abuse in an interview with CBC News, saying: ‘Hopefully my experience will help other people be able to speak the truth about what’s happened to them.’ He said he felt ‘confusion’, ‘shame’ and ‘very little understanding’ after he was assaulted – but gained some clarity after hearing similar allegations against his father from other victims.
The sons are being represented by the same firm that launched a class action lawsuit against Nygard earlier this year in New York, DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC. The class action is made up of 57 women who Nygard lured them to his compound in the Bahamas with promises of money and modeling opportunities before they were raped, sexually assaulted and forced to engage in depraved fetishes. Several of the victims in the suit were underage, with two as young as 14.
In February, federal agents and New York police officers raided Nygard’s Manhattan headquarters and his Los Angeles home as part of a five-month investigation into allegations of s3xual assault by a joint child exploitation task force. Nygard’s elder son said that he and his brother came forward with their lawsuit to show support for other victims. ‘We need to talk about this,’ the son told CBC. ‘It’s about backing up the other people who are being called liars.’
After the class action lawsuit was filed, Nygard’s representatives fiercely denied the women’s claims and dismissed the mounting allegations against him as part of a sinister plot by wealthy and powerful enemies who wish to harm him. Nygard’s lawyer Jay Prober condemned the allegations in the latest lawsuit as ‘completely false’. ‘My client is shocked by these allegations. He categorically denies them,’ Prober told CBC. ‘You’ll note that the allegations are really nothing more than generalities. Details are sadly lacking. And it’s clear from my client because he says it never happened.’
But his sons remain optimistic that their father will be brought to justice for their crimes. ‘I’m hopeful that whether it’s this lawsuit or the other lawsuits that there will be some truth served because I don’t feel like anyone should get away with this type of behavior and abuse,’ the elder son said.
Co-counselor Greg Gutzler said of his clients’ suit: ‘The bravery of these two young men, who have come forward to testify to their own father’s heinous, decades-long career of shocking s3xual crimes, corroborates what so many survivors have already revealed. They join victims and witnesses from the United States, Canada, the UK, and the Bahamas, who have courageously come forward with the truth after being intimidated into silence for decades.’
The civil action seeks damages under the United States Federal s3x trafficking statute from Nygard, as well as Nygard Inc, Nygard International Partnership, and Nygard Holdings Limited. It claims that Nygard’s s3xual predation is an ‘open secret’ at the Nygard companies and that the companies were ‘instrumental in knowingly aiding, abetting, facilitating, conspiring, and participating in’ the trafficking the plaintiffs while knowing that both were under 18, to engage in a commercial s3x act.
The complaint alleges that Nygard uses ‘his family influence and family manipulation, including psychological and financial pressure, financial resources, political power’ as well as threats of force, to intimidate victims and prevent him from coming forward. Nygard has long been seen as one of Canada’s biggest fashion influencers with offices around the world. He’s been linked to several high profile people, including Britain’s Prince Andrew. It is claimed Prince Andrew, who was holidaying at a separate house, spent less than two hours at the property after being invited by Nygard to tour the grounds.
Nygard reportedly hosted several other A-listers at his Bahamas estate, dubbed Nygard Cay, including Oprah Winfrey and former president George H.W. Bush. None of the celebrities or other people who visited Nygard at the compound are being accused of knowing anything about what went on there. It was at that property that Nygard allegedly abused women at so-called ‘pamper parties’ where he would have bartenders spike their drinks with the date-rape drug Rohypnol. The mogul allegedly kept a database with details about each guest, which he would consult before picking a ‘victim’ to target at the weekly parties.
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