Sept. 26, 2023 "Crown arguments underway in Peter Nygard sex-assault case in Toronto": Today I found this article on BNN Bloomberg:
Crown lawyers at the trial of Peter Nygard are alleging the former Canadian fashion mogul leveraged his status in the industry to lure young women to his company's headquarters in Toronto.
The allegations are being made as the Crown presents opening arguments today at the Toronto sexual-assault case against Nygard, who has pleaded not guilty to
five counts of sexual assault
and one count of forcible confinement
in alleged incidents dating back to the '80s, '90s and mid-2000s.
The Crown alleges all five complainants in the case were brought to Nygard's office building in Toronto, where he forced himself on them at his top-floor bedroom suite that featured a jacuzzi, bar and doors with no handles and keypad-operated locks.
The 82-year-old Nygard appeared in court in a wheelchair, sporting a suit and tie, tinted glasses and with his long white hair tied back.
He founded the now-defunct Nygard International brand in Winnipeg in 1967 and for years Nygard stores throughout the city were draped in photos of him.
He stepped down as chairman of the clothing company in February 2020 before it filed for bankruptcy.
The trial is expected to last approximately seven weeks.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2023.
Oct. 17, 2023 "Final complainant in Nygard trial testifies about aftermath of alleged Toronto rape": Today I found this article on BNN Bloomberg:
A woman who has accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault is set to continue her testimony at his Toronto trial today.
She testified yesterday that she called the former fashion mogul after her alleged rape
because she felt she had made an enemy of a powerful figure in the industry she was trying to break into.
She says she doesn't remember much about the conversation but recalls Nygard being angry on the phone.
Nygard, the founder of a now-defunct international women's clothing company, is accused of using his position in the fashion industry to lure women and girls.
The 82-year-old has pleaded not guilty to five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the '80s to mid-2000s.
The fifth and final complainant, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, alleged
Nygard flew her to his Toronto office under the guise of helping with her designer aspirations,
but what she thought would be a business meeting turned into a attack.
She says she ran into Nygard again more than a decade later at a party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles,
where she confronted him about the alleged attack,
which she says brought her close to attempting suicide in the years after.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2023
This is from my Mar. 2021 blog post:
"#MeToo movement becomes #WeToo in in victim-blaming Japan"/ "Outrage as women in Japan told not wear glasses in the workplace"
Aug. 17, 2020 Saying: I found this on Facebook:
"You never look good when you are trying to make someone else look bad."- Unknown
Cham: Sometimes people need to be exposed for who they are hahah or maybe I should stop being petty
Tracy Au: There's a difference between trying to make someone look bad, and exposing them for who they are. It's like those #MeToo accusers and victims, they are plainly telling everybody about the perpetrators. They're not trying to make them look bad.
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2020/08/job-articles-wetoo-gender-gap-done.html
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