TORONTO --
Canadian vogue mogul Peter Nygard will stay behind bars in Toronto as he awaits trial on sexual assault expenses after an Ontario court docket rejected his bid to be launched on bail.
Nygard, who appeared remotely from the Toronto South Detention Centre, sat nonetheless as Ontario magistrate John Scarfe learn his ruling Wednesday.
Nygard, 80, is charged with six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement, which police have stated relate to alleged incidents within the late Eighties and mid-2000s. He has denied all of the allegations.
Not one of the proof or arguments introduced in court docket might be revealed because of an ordinary publication ban, nor can any of the complainants be recognized.
Nygard, the previous head of a multimillion-dollar clothes firm, was flown to Toronto from Winnipeg in October to face the costs.
He was first arrested in Winnipeg in 2020 beneath the Extradition Act after being charged with 9 sex-related counts in New York.
Authorities within the U.S. accuse Nygard of utilizing his affect within the vogue trade to lure girls and women with the promise of modelling and different monetary alternatives.
A Manitoba choose denied him bail in February of final yr as he underwent an extradition listening to, citing issues that he would contact witnesses if launched.
Nygard unsuccessfully appealed that call, and the Supreme Court docket of Canada later declined to listen to his problem of the 2 lower-court rulings.
He has since agreed to be extradited to the USA to face a cost of intercourse trafficking.
A spokesman for the federal Division of Justice stated Wednesday that Nygard wouldn't have been launched even when he did obtain bail in Toronto as a result of he is nonetheless ordered detained beneath the extradition case. Ian McLeod stated in an e mail that Nygard will proceed to be detained until he applies for and is granted bail by the Manitoba courts in relation to the extradition.
The Minister of Justice is anticipated to launch his determination on Nygard's extradition this spring. The Division of Justice stated that at the moment, David Lametti can even resolve whether or not Nygard's give up ought to await the end result of the Canadian expenses.
Nygard can also be the topic of a class-action lawsuit within the U.S. involving 57 girls with comparable allegations.
- with recordsdata from Kelly Geraldine Malone in Winnipeg
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed on Jan. 19, 2022.
Canadian vogue mogul Peter Nygard is proven on this courtroom sketch in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (John Mantha)
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