US EditionManitoba sexual assault charges against Peter Nygard stayed
A Manitoba judge stayed sexual assault charges against Peter Nygard due to lost police interview reports, raising concerns over his right to a fair trial, his lawyer said.
- On Oct. 8, 2025, a Winnipeg judge stayed sexual‑assault charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, The Canadian Press reported.
- Nygard was already serving an 11‑year sentence after his September 2024 conviction for sexually assaulting four women at his Toronto corporate headquarters.
- The Manitoba charge dates to 1993 at a Winnipeg warehouse where police conducted a wellness check and the woman later spoke with RCMP in two interviews.
- Despite the Manitoba stay, Nygard, 84, still faces a trial in Quebec and possible extradition to the United States on sex‑trafficking and racketeering charges.
- Wiebe told provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie that records of two meetings were destroyed last month, which he said crippled Nygard's ability to mount a full defence.
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Winnipeg Judge Stays Charges Against Former Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard
A Winnipeg judge has stayed charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Nygard’s lawyer had argued in court the charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement should be stayed because of police bungling. Nygard was charged in 2023 after police said a woman came forward with allegations she was sexually assaulted at a warehouse in Manitoba’s capital in 1993. Lawyer Gerri Wiebe told court the woman spoke with police in two interviews bu…
A Winnipeg judge suspended the charges against the former fashion magnate Peter Nygard.
The fallen fashion magnate Peter Nygard sees accusations of sexual crimes against him being suspended in Winnipeg.
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CP Winnipeg judge stays charges against Peter Nygard
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg judge has stayed charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard. A lawyer for Nygard had argued the charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement should be stayed because of police bungling. More coming.
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