Canadian Fashion Mogul Seeking Bail on U.S. Charges of Sex Trafficking, Racketeering

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard during a bail hearing in Winnipeg on January 6, 2021, in a courtroom sketch. Nygard, who faces charges in the United States of using his influence to lure women and girls for sex, will remain in jail after his bail hearing was adjourned. The Canadian Press/La Liberte Manitoba, Tadens Mpwene - POOL

WINNIPEG—Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard plans to seek bail in a Winnipeg courtroom today following his arrest last month on charges in the United States of sex trafficking and racketeering.

Nygard, who is 79, was arrested in December under the Extradition Act and faces nine counts in the southern District of New York.