Winnipeg police arrest Peter Nygard in alleged 1993 sex assault

Disgraced Canadian vogue mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested by Winnipeg police in reference to a historic intercourse assault from 1993.

The Winnipeg Police Service says it arrested Nygard Wednesday on the detention centre in Toronto, the place he stays in custody.

The former vogue entrepreneur was first charged in Toronto in 2021 with a number of counts of sexual assault and forcible confinement, and is scheduled to face trial in September.

Winnipeg police say the 81-year-old is now being charged with sexual assault and illegal confinement following an unbiased evaluation by Saskatchewan Justice.

The WPS says on June 18, 2020, its intercourse crimes unit started investigating the alleged intercourse assault of a then 20-year-old, which is alleged to have taken place on Nov. 18, 1993, on the Nygard Corporate headquarters in Winnipeg.

Police say the matter was forwarded to Saskatchewan Justice in December 2022 for evaluation “at the direction of the Manitoba justice minister.”

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Nygard was first arrested in Winnipeg in 2020 underneath the Extradition Act after he was charged with 9 counts in New York, together with intercourse trafficking and racketeering fees. U.S. authorities allege he used his place within the vogue business to lure ladies and ladies.

In addition to the Toronto fees, a complainant in Montreal got here ahead with allegations that led to Nygard being charged with one depend of sexual assault and one depend of forcible confinement. The trial in Quebec is predicted to happen subsequent 12 months.

—With information from The Canadian Press

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