Jury Finds Nygard Guilty of 4 Sexual Assault Charges, Acquits Him on 2 Other Counts

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been found guilty of four counts of sexual assault, but acquitted of a fifth count plus a charge of forcible confinement. The jury at his trial in Toronto handed down the verdict on their fifth day of deliberations following a six-week trial. Eighty-two-year-old Mr. Nygard had pleaded not guilty to all charges, which stemmed from allegations dating back from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. Five complainants had testified that they were invited to Mr. Nygard’s Toronto headquarters under pretenses ranging from tours to job interviews, with all encounters ending in a top-floor bedroom suite where they alleged they were sexually assaulted....