Still carrying extra lockdown weight? “One time, he was like: ‘I don’t know where you find these girls from, but there’s pretty girls in the ghetto as well,’” recalled Freddy Barr, Mr. Nygard’s personal assistant in the early 2000s. Facing legal troubles over his property, Mr. Nygard hasn’t been to the Bahamas in more than a year. All were included as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. One victim was only fifteen when she met Peter Nygard. Peter Nygard with Robert De Niro in Nygard Cay, Bahamas Photo by Peter Nygård Global / Archival image. They had never even met him. The battalion. The Bahamian lawyers and investigators were not paid by the Bacons directly. The lawsuit claims that Mr. Nygard used his company, Nygard International, and employees to procure young victims and ply them with alcohol and drugs. “‘You need to find pretty girls in need.’”, Eventually his staff compiled an invitation list, provided to The Times, with names of more than 700 women. Bush visited the property, which the Canadian businessman renamed “Nygard Cay.” (He named many things after himself: his jet, an electric shade of blue, bottled water.). They told their stories repeatedly to lawyers, investigators and the Bahamian police. Police officers and local journalists dined at his home; one later admitted in court that Mr. Nygard had paid him to smear Mr. Bacon. Ms. Ross did well. He said his firm, which operates on contingency and has no financial ties to Mr. Bacon, had done its own investigation and never paid any accuser or witness. At more than $50,000-a-night, Nygard Cay in the Bahamas offers one of the most expensive escapes in the world. A Courtyard Marriott worker gave me an alias. EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat is set to rollout its original show 'Move It!' Just over a year later, she said, she was fired without cause. “Put in a charge against BACON.”. But his team created vulnerabilities, giving money and gifts to witnesses and accusers in the Bahamas, The Times found. Marvinique Smith said she and her sister were promised a huge settlement if they fabricated allegations against Mr. Nygard. The fashion executive Peter Nygard has been accused of rape, the latest in a battle between two rich men in a small developing nation.Credit...Jonathan Becker, By Kim Barker, Catherine Porter and Grace Ashford. There were more substantial gifts. After it won the election, a Nygard YouTube channel posted a video featuring six ministers visiting his estate. And he paid tens of thousands of dollars to people providing sworn statements to use against Mr. Bacon in lawsuits, according to court records, interviews and bank statements. Only those who were young, slim and with a curvy backside — which Mr. Nygard called a “toilet” — were supposed to be allowed inside, according to the ex-employees, including Ms. Taylor. Cuckservatives: House Republicans Signal Break With Trump Over Tariffs. Mr. Bacon and his older brother, Zack, hired a small army of lawyers and private investigators, including veterans of the F.B.I. “He preys on poor people’s little girls,” said Natasha Taylor, who worked there for five years. “Is this what my life can be?” she recalled thinking of the models in the room. According to the recent class action lawsuit filed by the DiCello, Levitt, Gutzler and the Haba Law Firm, Peter Nygard lured women into his house in the Bahamas by promising he’d help their careers. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, The fire department said it was accidental, probably caused by an electrical fault. They launched their own lawsuits. She said Mr. Nygard steered her upstairs and raped her. But when Mr. Nygard wasn’t allowed to rebuild after a fire, he blamed Mr. Bacon. The Fish Fry, a strip of restaurants in Nassau where former Nygard associates said they recruited women. Investigators and lawyers tied to Mr. Bacon offered Nygard associates generous incentives to build an abuse case against the Canadian — Cartier jewelry, a regular salary or a year’s rent in a gated community, according to documents and interviews. They claimed Ms. Ross had paid them to make everything up. Eric Gibson, a former Nygard employee and longtime friend, called The Times on his behalf. This isn’t the first time that Mr. Nygard, whose company sells women’s clothes at his own outlets and Dillard’s department stores, has been accused of sexual misconduct. The move is the latest in the Finnish-born designer's decade-long dispute with his neighbour – billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon. Nygard, the chairman of Winnipeg-based Nygard International, and Bacon, own adjacent properties in Lyford Cay, a gated community on New Providence island. Visitors have two of the jumbo sport-utility vehicles and drivers at their disposal during their stays. No comments have so far been submitted. The woman’s lawyer confirmed that the suit led to a nondisclosure agreement. Nygard's lawyer maintains the accusations are completely false. How a Neighbors’ Feud in Paradise Launched an International Rape Case. Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's luxury Bahamas estate has been seized by authorities amid allegations of illegal dredging at the property. The case was dropped after the woman refused to testify. Elizabeth D. Herman for The New York Times. Ms. Miller provided a photo of the receipt, though the man whose name was on it denied making the purchase. Since the American lawyers filed the suit, they said, they’ve received calls from more than three dozen women alleging abuse as far back as the 1970s. Once, he summoned her into his Winnipeg office as a pornographic film played on television, she said in an interview. Through a spokesman, Mr. Nygard said that he did not remember Ms. Fox, and that neither woman recruited for him. And they paid well. Bacon has since returned to New York and doesn't visit the island often because he fears for his safety, Smith said. Mr. Bacon preferred hunting alone with a bow and arrow to attending wild parties, and if mentioned at all in the press, was typically described as buttoned-up. But two later recanted, saying they had been promised money and coached to fabricate their stories. Revelers dancing on the main hall's elevated floor can lose themselves in this modern Mayan kingdom. She drank too much and ended up in a bathroom barefoot in her bikini, she said. 180 Comments Harvest Grain. Research was contributed by Susan C. Beachy, Kitty Bennett, Johanna Lemola and Declan Schroeder. Mr. Nygard, 78, has spread stories accusing Mr. Bacon of being an insider trader, murderer and member of the Ku Klux Klan. One even called Mr. Nygard the Bahamas’ “most generous and honest expatriate.”. “I knew the right thing would be to report it,” Ms. Laursen said, “but somehow I felt that I would come out the loser.”. Accusers received smaller payments. Ms. Ferguson said she returned multiple times and had sex with Mr. Nygard because she felt she couldn’t say no; he sent people to her home to pick her up. Mr. Bullard and Mr. Davilma, working with the Bacon investigators, hatched a plan to videotape Mr. Nygard. Can't stop ordering takeaways? Ms. Ross denied paying anyone to fabricate stories about Mr. Nygard, and passed a lie-detector test to that effect, according to Robert Ennis, a polygrapher hired by her lawyers. The Times interviewed all the women who eventually signed on to the suit, which identified them as Jane Does to protect their privacy. Both are locked in … Tamika Ferguson found her way to Nygard Cay in 2004 after being kicked out of high school. In the other lawsuit, a former employee, Maridel Carbuccia, claimed Mr. Nygard drugged and sexually assaulted her at his Los Angeles home in 2016. The fashion executive Peter Nygard has clashed for years with his neighbor in the Bahamas, the billionaire Louis Bacon. “I of anybody knew what it was like to have this guy come at you,” Mr. Bacon said in an interview. or debate this issue live on our message boards. Guests can dine in the resort's main entertainment hall, a massive structure whose walls and ceiling are made of 100,000 pounds of glass. Published: 17:11 GMT, 2 October 2018 | Updated: 20:24 GMT, 2 October 2018. The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, is the only non-Bahamian to join the new lawsuit. Pictured, construction at the property. Ms. Ross had undisclosed connections with other women she brought to the lawyers. Mr. Bacon, 63, has accused Mr. Nygard of plotting to kill him. The hedge fund founder maintained that wasn’t true. She gave The Times two photographs of herself at Nygard Cay; three people — a former Nygard girlfriend, an ex-employee and a guest — said they remembered her there. A street protest in 2015 targeting Mr. Bacon. Asia Argento refuses to accept Rose... Beyoncé loses legal bid for injunction against wedding firm... That's the spirit! Mr. Smith acknowledged giving about $1,000 collectively to four or five alleged victims, but said that was for their time and expenses. Richette Ross was paid by Mr. Bacon’s team to find women who would accuse Mr. Nygard of sexual misconduct. There's volleyball, snorkeling, jet skiing, waterslides, basketball and a water trampoline for people looking for more activity. His estate looked like something out of Las Vegas. The government refused to let Mr. Nygard rebuild. He threatened — or sued — media outlets that investigated him. Smaller payments filtered down to some accusers, which could be used to undermine their credibility in any court case or investigation. Ms. Macdonald quit in 1980, shortly after the Winnipeg police charged Mr. Nygard with raping an 18-year-old woman. The story was familiar: She had told a variation to Mr. Nygard two years earlier, emails show. Her sister recounted a horrific tale: Mr. Nygard had raped her as cartoons played on TV. Thrill-seekers can stop by the nightly shark feeding or have a chauffeur drive them to the Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Place Casino, which is 15 minutes away, for some gambling. Ms. Fox, who earned $2,000 a month, said she passed some of that to the women she brought to meetings with lawyers and investigators — often $200 for a visit. Within days, the war began. One of his lawyers said he had “never treated women inappropriately” and called the allegations “paid-for lies.”. Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard appeared at the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on Friday (above) after his luxury Bahamas estate was seized amid allegations of illegal dredging, The court ordered the seizure after Nygard failed to pay almost $2.4 million in legal fees to Save The Bays. Loungers can sign up for beachside massages, sip cocktails or soak in one of the property's dozens of hot tubs. In 2015, another former employee said, Mr. Nygard came into her locked room while she slept at his Los Angeles home and raped her. The court ordered the seizure after Nygard failed to pay almost $2.4 million in legal fees to Save The Bays, an environmental group that has been working to stop him from dredging the sea floor around his property, the National Post reports. Nygard has previously alleged that Save The Bays is a 'front' for Bacon, who he claims wants Nycard Cay. Meet the 'bad lad' jobless double glazing... One in six adults in England has a possible eating disorder - including almost a third of women aged 16 to... Apathy and lack of motivation in your mid-forties could be an early warning sign of dementia, study suggests. The private eyes acted like secret agents, using encrypted phones and dropping cash for the two men in a box behind a post office. The videos turned up no sign of Mr. Nygard’s plotting murder. It was partly destroyed by a fire on November 10, 2009. One woman, now involved in the suit, told The Times she was 14 when she met Mr. Nygard at one of his stores in 2015; she has a photo with him that day. But in October, the sisters told a very different story to Times reporters: They had never been assaulted by Mr. Nygard. Bacon has long opposed Nygard's effort to expand his property in the Bahamas' gated Lyford Cay community, following a 2009 fire. Reporters also spoke with five other women, who said Mr. Nygard sexually assaulted them in the Bahamas when they were teenagers. The neighbors had little in common except for extreme wealth and a driveway. Mr. Bacon, who founded New York-based Moore Capital Management, said he felt obliged to take action after hearing of possible sexual abuse by his neighbor. The gate to Nygard Cay, where so-called pamper parties were held for young women. Looking out a car window, Mr. Nygard said there were many women with whom he hadn’t yet had sex. Eventually, the Bacons paid the two about $1.5 million, mostly for secretly recording five meetings with Mr. Nygard. Mr. Nygard has denied this. The Bahamian police are still investigating. The lawsuit would later claim that women were sodomized and forced into other acts they found degrading. Bahamas' Deputy Provost Marshal, along with a team of police officers, enter Nygard Cay after its seizure. Mr. Nygard also had allies in the Progressive Liberal Party, which he wanted to legalize stem cell injections. He later fired her, she said. Two were relatives. Punters pack London pubs for a final drink (and substantial meal) before the... Mutant virus... or Project Tier? In April 2016, the Department of Homeland Security dug in. Using himself as a human guinea pig, Mr. Nygard tried to fight off aging with stem cell injections and talked of cloning himself, one close friend said. Only 55 rapes were tallied there in 2018, while Cleveland, with a similar population size, had 585. “Women in the Bahamas throw themselves at Peter Nygard,” Mr. Gibson said. Their battle became a cottage industry for opportunists. Members of the 20-person staff are available to respond to visitors' requests. COVID daily cases jump 50% in a week to 18,450 as ministers threaten to CANCEL Christmas: Pressure on Boris... Is Sussex on the brink of being dragged into Tier Three? Louis Bacon, the hedge fund founder who has been in a longstanding dispute with Mr. Nygard. Three said they were under 16 at the time, the age of consent there. Warning of widespread FLOODING after Christmas as experts tell people in high-risk areas to protect precious... 'Hi guys, I'm Harry! “They said they were working for Louis Bacon.”. Mr. Nygard did not respond to most of The Times’s questions. He called it the “Eighth Wonder of the World”: a lush retreat with sculptures of roaring lions and a human aquarium where topless women undulated in mermaid tails. Mr. Nygard sued over changes his neighbor had made years earlier to their driveway. (She asked to be identified by her maiden name to keep people from knowing her connection with Nygard Cay.). She coached them on Mr. Nygard’s pickup lines, bedroom layout and sexual proclivities, the sisters said. There, she said, Mr. Nygard talked to her about modeling and had sex with her. The rich and famous come in search of luxury, privacy and sunny, 77-degree days. Nygard’s home in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, featured fake volcanos spouting dry ice, an underground cave housing 30 cars and an indoor pool with … Smith says that although Bacon is on the board of Save the Bays, the group doesn't exist only to fight Nygard's expansion plans. He also paid Bahamian police officers to quash reports, shared women with local politicians and groomed victims to recruit “fresh meat,” the lawsuit says. A Nygard store in a Nassau mall was another alleged recruiting spot. Nygard has also ignored an injunction prohibiting him from dredging three times, which has led him to be convicted of contempt of court three times, according to the Post. He slow-walked lawsuits, filing countless motions and requesting delays, exhausting his foes. Nygard has denied all allegations and blames a conspiracy caused by a feud with his billionaire neighbor in the Bahamas. “Call police immediately,” he said. Winnipeg-raised fashion mogul Peter Nygard found himself locked out of his luxury home in the Bahamas on Friday. The new allegations, mainly from women in Canada and the United States, show their case has nothing to do with the neighbors’ feud, the lawyers said. The actress Jessica Alba, who attended a Nygard party while filming “Into the Blue” in 2004, later described it as “gross.” “These girls are like 14 years old in the Jacuzzi, taking off their clothes,” she said on a press tour. Later, she recalled, she swallowed pills Mr. Nygard told her models took. The owner, Peter Nygard, a Canadian fashion executive, showed off his estate on TV shows like “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” and threw loud beachfront parties, reveling in the company of teenage girls and young women. Another former employee said that on a business trip to Hong Kong that same year, Mr. Nygard slipped into her hotel room while she slept. Magical moment base jumpers leap from cliff face, Impressive moment hot water thrown into air immediately freeze, Premier League ace arrives in court for lockdown crash sentencing, Jack Grealish crashes £80k Range Rover into cars and mounts pavement, Adorable moment puppies settle down for nap in daycare centre, NYPD shoots dead gunman who opened fire near Christmas carollers. Fashion mogul Peter Nygård has been arrested in Canada after US authorities charged him with with racketeering and sex trafficking, alleging decades of crimes that left dozens of victims in the United States, the Bahamas and Canada.. Court records show Nygård, who is 79, was arrested in Winnipeg under the extradition act and was to appear in court on Tuesday afternoon. Peter Nygard has been under investigation for allegations of sexual assault in Winnipeg, the U.S. and the Bahamas. For years, Mr. Nygard had insisted that Louis Bacon paid people to lie about him. A news release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York says the charges involve at least dozens of victims in the U.S., the Bahamas … He has never been convicted. When she emerged, her friends had gone. Meanwhile, she gave them cash — $150 here, $350 there — for every meeting, they said. In an interview, she speculated that Mr. Nygard had paid the Smith sisters to recant — a notion they rejected. Nevertheless, Nygard has more or less doubled the size of his property over the past 30 years, Fred Smith, a lawyer for Save the Bays, said. Some environmental groups and residents have said an expansion may damage the surrounding ecosystem and beaches. “It’s a good cause, regardless of what you think may have been the motivation,” said Greg Gutzler, the lead lawyer in the lawsuit. One, who was not identified, said she was under 18 — the California age of consent — when she visited Mr. Nygard’s Los Angeles home in 2012. Over the years, he was repeatedly accused of demanding that female employees satisfy him sexually. A 48-foot fishing boat is available to take visitors to see the parrotfish that roam the Caribbean's deep blue waters. In 1995, a new hire was taken from the airport to Mr. Nygard’s Winnipeg office-apartment, where he had sex with her “against her will,” a lawsuit said. She had also sent a note to a former Nygard employee, asking to talk about the case. Once he got them to his Bahamas estate, Nygard allegedly raped and sodomized them. By building the haven at the end of Lyford Cay, Nygard follows high-level executives Henry Ford II, the grandson of Henry Ford and former chairman of Ford; Ted Rogers, chief executive of Rogers Communications; and Charles Lazarus, the founder of Toys "R" Us. He literally lived at work. For more than a year, Marvinique Smith and her sister, Marrinique, were central to the developing lawsuit. 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