NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Richette Ross, a former employee of Canadian fashion mogul and Lyford Cay estate owner Peter Nygard, said yesterday she and the over 100 women who filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the billionaire raped, abused and paid off many of them, are more than “Jane Does” and more than the “sexual injustice” they […]
Tag: Nygard scandal
Rotary International group to award Nygard survivors for their “incredible bravery” in speaking out
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The first survivors to come forward and expose Peter Nygard’s alleged international sex trafficking ring are being celebrated for their incredible bravery in the face of unimaginable odds, becoming the inaugural recipients of Rotary International’s Action Group Against Slavery Hero Award for Outstanding Courage. The award will be officially presented to the […]
COP defends officers amid police payoff allegations and Nygard
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle yesterday defended the integrity of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) amid claims that senior officers were paid off to cover up former Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard’s alleged sex crimes in The Bahamas. A recent documentary released by CBC, involving interviews with 19 women who alleged […]
Appellate court denies Nygard more time to appeal contempt order
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has denied Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard additional time to appeal a contempt order for breaching a Supreme Court injunction. In November 2019, Justice Ruth Bowe-Darville had sentenced Nygard to 90 days’ imprisonment and fined him $150,000 for breaching an injunction order granted in February of that year by Justice Keith […]
Davis “appalled” by Nygard allegations
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Distancing himself from former Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard, who stands to face federal sex trafficking charges, Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that had any complaint been made to authorities while he was deputy prime minister, a police investigation would have been immediately launched. During a press conference at the […]