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Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard Found Guilty of Sexual Assault Charges<!-- wp:html --><p>Jane Rosenberg / Getty Images</p> <p>Former <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/canada">Canadian</a> fashion executive Peter Nygard has been found <a href="https://twitter.com/StrashinCBC/status/1723744758592331981">guilty</a> of four out of five counts of sexual assault for attacking women at his <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/toronto">Toronto</a> office building.</p> <p>Nygard—who is most famous for founding Nygard International, a women’s apparel company—reportedly showed little emotion as the Toronto jury’s verdict was read. He was also found not guilty of one count of forcible confinement.</p> <p>Five women testified during the six-week <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peter-nygard-sexual-assault-trial-1.7022210">trial</a> that Nygard attacked and assaulted them between the late 1980s to 2005 in his private bedroom suite. Four of the women were in their 20s, while one was 16 at the time.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fashion-moguel-peter-nygard-found-guilty-of-sexual-assault-charges">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Former Canadian fashion executive Peter Nygard has been found guilty of four out of five counts of sexual assault for attacking women at his Toronto office building.

Nygard—who is most famous for founding Nygard International, a women’s apparel company—reportedly showed little emotion as the Toronto jury’s verdict was read. He was also found not guilty of one count of forcible confinement.

Five women testified during the six-week trial that Nygard attacked and assaulted them between the late 1980s to 2005 in his private bedroom suite. Four of the women were in their 20s, while one was 16 at the time.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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