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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Canadian trend mogul Peter Nygard will stay in jail for a minimum of yet one more week regardless of his attorneys submitting an up to date bail plan.
Nyard, 79, was arrested final month on prices in the US for alleging that he sexually abused ladies and ladies after luring them into his orbit with alternatives in trend and modeling over the previous 25 years. America desires him to be extradited.
Queen’s Courtroom Decide Shawn Greenberg stated Thursday she wants time to determine whether or not Nygard ought to be launched and has reserved her resolution till February 5.
His attorneys advised the court docket safety agency was employed to supply 24-hour video surveillance of Nygard’s residence if he was granted bail. There would even be a safety guard on the premises.
Federal attorneys have advised the court docket that Nygard has the means to flee and that the fees he faces in the US are too critical for his launch.
A full bundle of extradition supplies from US prosecutors is just not anticipated to be delivered to Canadian authorities till February. Nygard’s attorneys have stated it’s unfair to maintain him behind bars with out full data on the allegations.
Nygard’s arrest on intercourse trafficking, racketeering and associated prices got here after the FBI raided his Manhattan workplaces final 12 months.
The raid got here shortly after 10 ladies sued Nygard, saying he lured younger and impoverished ladies to his property within the Bahamas with money and guarantees of modeling and trend alternatives. A number of plaintiffs within the lawsuit, filed in New York Metropolis, stated they have been 14 or 15 when Nygard gave them alcohol or medication after which raped them.
