Groundbreaking Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Fashion Mogul Peter J. Nygard, Nygard Inc., Nygard International Partnership, and Nygard Holdings Ltd.

10 Survivors File A Sex Trafficking Class Action Lawsuit Against Fashion Mogul

NEW YORK - February 13, 2020 - The Haba Law Firm filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Of New York against Peter J. Nygard, Nygard Inc., Nygard International Partnerships, and Nygard Holdings Limited (“Defendants”).  The case, brought on behalf of 10 victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Peter J. Nygard, alleges that Defendants violated the United States federal sex trafficking statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, et seq. 

The Case

Allegations in this case arise from Peter J. Nygard’s rape and sexual assault of underaged girls and women in the United States, the Bahamas, and elsewhere around the world.  Peter J. Nygard, with the assistance of Nygard Inc., Nygard International Partnership, and Nygard Holdings Limited, used his considerable influence in the fashion industry, his power through corruption of officials, and a network of company employees under his direction to coerce and entice underage girls and women into engaging in commercial sex acts.

The lawsuit alleges that Defendants engaged in a pattern and practice of luring and coercing vulnerable underaged girls and women into commercial sex acts—in exchange for money, promises of modeling opportunities, promises of career advancement, and/or continued employment—through the use of alcohol, drugs, force, fraud, and/or other forms of coercion.  Defendants’ conduct is part of a decades long sex trafficking scheme. 

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