Peter Nygard asks court to review decision to deny him bail pending appeal

Former manner mogul Peter Nygard is asking an Ontario court to reappraisal a determination to contradict him bail arsenic helium appeals his intersexual battle convictions and sentence.

Nygard’s ineligible squad is acceptable to look earlier the Court of Appeal for Ontario today to reason that the motions justice made respective errors successful dismissing the 83-year-old’s bail exertion past month.

His lawyers reason successful written submissions that, among different things, the motions justice “unfairly discounted” the worth of a caller aesculapian report.

The justice who rejected Nygard’s bail exertion wrote astatine the clip that his entreaty appeared to beryllium “weak” and that helium presents a formation hazard since helium faces charges successful different jurisdictions.

Appeal Court Justice Lene Madsen besides wrote that the caller aesculapian study Nygard submitted relied heavy connected self-reported accusation and that his wellness needs were considered astatine the sentencing stage.

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Nygard was recovered blameworthy of 4 counts of intersexual battle past twelvemonth aft aggregate women came guardant with allegations dating from the 1980s until the mid-2000s.

He was sentenced to 11 years successful prison, but the proceedings justice said Nygard would person a small little than 7 years near to service erstwhile the clip helium already spent successful custody was factored in.

His lawyers person raised respective grounds for appeal, including that his condemnation is “excessive” and that the proceedings justice made respective errors, including admitting adept grounds connected the effects of trauma.