Peter Nygard convicted of sexual assault and forcible confinement in Montreal case

A Canadian judge has found former fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexually assaulting and confining a woman in Montreal in the 1990s.

• Nygard, 84, offered no contest to prosecution evidence on the first day of his trial in a Montreal courthouse on Monday.
• Nygard's lawyer Gerri Wiebe said her client made a strategic decision not to contest the charges based on his extradition situation.
• In a separate 2024 case, Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women in Toronto.
• Nygard intends to request that Canada's justice minister suspend any extradition to the US due to his age and health, Wiebe said.