Peter Nygard's defence lawyer tries to poke holes in sex assault allegations

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Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Toronto courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, ahead of the continuation of his sexual assault trial.

Peter Nygard's defence lawyer attempted on Wednesday to poke holes in the testimony of one of the five women the Canadian fashion mogul is accused of sexually assaulting, suggesting that some of what she has told court was "preposterous" or simply not true.Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Toronto courthouse on Tuesday, ahead of the continuation of his sexual assault trial.

This included Greenspan challenging the woman about her testimony regarding the time and length of the concert, whether Chinese restaurants were closed afterward, the weather that night and the vehicle Nygard was going to use to drive her home. Greenspan cited the statement she gave to police in 1998. In it, he said, the woman told officers that the Stones came on around 8 p.m. or 9 p.m., played about two hours and ended late.

Nygard watches as the first of five women who claim he sexually assaulted them testifies in court on Wednesday. "If it was snowing I suggest to you Mr. Nygard never would have suggested driving you home in a two-seater Mercedes," Greenspan said.Greenspan, citing weather records, said that it was just snowing an hour earlier and that it had been snowing for several hours.

 

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