A woman who has accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault told his trial Monday that the former fashion mogul flew her to Toronto under the guise of helping with her designer aspirations, but what she thought would be a business meeting turned into an attack.
The case's fifth and final complainant – whose identity is protected by a publication ban – said she first met Nygard in the late 1980s at a popular nightclub in Gatineau, Que. The woman, in her late teens or early 20s at the time, was living with her family in nearby Ottawa, where she worked in television and sold hand-painted clothing on weekends.
She told the jury that"quite a long time" went by before she heard from Nygard again. After she had turned 21, she was on a work trip to Los Angeles when her mother called and told her Nygard had phoned the family home and invited her out to his Toronto office for what they thought would be a business meeting, she said.
She testified that she met Nygard, per his instructions, in the evening for a drink at a bar near his Toronto office. When she arrived, she said Nygard was already in a booth and ordered oysters. After some small talk, he mentioned that oysters are an aphrodisiac and are"like having a vagina in your mouth," she said.She tried to steer the conversation in a business direction, she said, but Nygard wasn't interested in answering her questions or discussing his fashion empire.
Multiple complainants in the trial have alleged they were taken to Nygard's Toronto headquarters under pretences ranging from tours to job interviews, with all encounters ending in the top-floor bedroom suite that featured keypad-operated locks, where they allege they were sexually assaulted. He removed her clothing from the waist down and berated her for not co-operating, saying"all the other girls let me do this," she recalled. She said she felt trapped because there was no door handle.She testified that she writhed around and fought back aggressively but the more she struggled, the angrier he became. After struggling against Nygard, she began to feel paralysis kick in, she told the court as she became overwhelmed with emotion.
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