More women join lawsuit against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard One of Nygard’s lawyers, Jay Prober, said his client categorically denies the new allegations when reached by phone late Sunday.“My client is shocked by these allegations, which he says are completely false.
They are without merit,” the Winnipeg lawyer said.Nygard resigned as chairman of Nygard International in February this year following an FBI raid of the company’s New York City headquarters amid the allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking.In the latest court complaint, his sons claim Nygard instructed the same alleged sex worker — who was a long-time girlfriend of Nygard’s — to “statutorily rape” them, 14 years apart.The two complainants, both Nygard’s.