Montreal:
Fashion executive Peter Nygard agreed in a Canadian court Friday to be extradited to the United States exactly where he faces charges of raping dozens of girls and girls, racketeering and trafficking.
Held in prison considering that his arrest in Winnipeg, Manitoba last December, the 80-year-old Finnish-Canadian millionaire made a short court look by way of video hyperlink.
Scott Farlinger, a lawyer representing the Canadian government in the case, explained that Nygard, who’d been denied bail on the grounds he could tamper with witnesses or his accusers, had opted not to fight the extradition.
“This process can now move forward in order for him to face trial in the United States,” defense lawyer Brian Greenspan confirmed.
That, he mentioned will provide Nygard “the opportunity to raise his defense and to challenge the truthfulness of the evidence which has been brought against him.”
Canada’s lawyer basic need to nevertheless approve the extradition.
Nygard faces nine charges in the United States involving dozens of victims.
His alleged crimes, according to the US indictment, took spot involving 1990 and 2020. Nygard and his alleged accomplices, such as workers of his group, “used force, fraud, and coercion to cause women and minors to have sex” with them, it mentioned.
The perma-tanned Nygard, identified for his lengthy, flowing gray hair and flamboyant dress sense, has denied the allegations.
Also Friday, Toronto police announced that an arrest warrant had been issued for Nygard for six alleged sexual assaults, some involving forcible confinement, involving 1987 and 2006.
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