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Canada millionaire accused of crimes in the United States requests his release on bail

2021-01-19T23:34:26.913Z


Peter Nygard, a Canadian millionaire threatened with extradition to the United States to be tried for sex crimes, asked Tuesday, January 19 to be released on bail, saying he feared contracting Covid-19 in prison. "In front of you this morning stands a frail man of 79 and a half, almost 80 years old," his lawyer Jay Prober told a court in Winnipeg, Manitoba, according to local media reports. "We wi


Peter Nygard, a Canadian millionaire threatened with extradition to the United States to be tried for sex crimes, asked Tuesday, January 19 to be released on bail, saying he feared contracting Covid-19 in prison.

"In front of you this morning stands a frail man of 79 and a half, almost 80 years old,"

his lawyer Jay Prober told a court in Winnipeg, Manitoba, according to local media reports.

"We will argue that keeping him in prison during these times of the Covid pandemic is nothing more than a death sentence and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

,

"

said this lawyer.

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In an affidavit, the fashion mogul claims that he is not properly fed in detention, that he sleeps badly and that this situation

"empties his body of its ability to fight the Covid"

, if he does. 'catch.

The two-day hearing on his release, originally scheduled for early January, had been postponed at the request of the prosecution, which wanted to examine the US charges and the defense arguments.

Peter Nygard faces nine charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking, involving

"at least a dozen victims in the United States, Bahamas and Canada, among others,"

according to the indictment filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

The acts with which he is accused allegedly occurred between 1990 and 2020. During this period, the accused and his alleged accomplices, including employees of his group, allegedly

“used force, fraud and coercion to bring about women and minors to have sex ”

with them, specifies the act.

Detained in Canada since mid-December, Peter Nygard denies these accusations.

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On Tuesday, the court heard from a former executive at his company, who offered to vouch for his whereabouts if he was released.

Public prosecutors said they would oppose his release, saying he used to not appear in court and had the means to escape.

Source: lefigaro

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