Nygard Faces Opposition on Bail From Canadian Prosecutors (2)

Canada plans to oppose women’s clothing designer Peter Nygard request for bail, with a prosecutor saying there’s a serious risk he’ll flee before an extradition hearing on U.S. sex-trafficking charges.

Canadian prosecutor Scott Farlinger also cited what he called Nygard’s history of contempt for the judicial process for his opposition to letting the retail magnate out of jail. Nygard is wanted in the Bahamas in a separate case, after failing to attend a court hearing there.

Peter Nygard

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Farlinger sought a delay for the bail hearing, saying prosecutors need to question two former executives at Nygard’s companies who said they’d be ...