Fashion mogul Peter Nygård allegedly used firm’s head office to assault women

In a trial that started Tuesday in Toronto five women accuse Nygard of similar sexual assaults and confinement over 25 years

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard used his power and status to lure five women separately into a private bedroom suite attached to his company headquarters where he sexually assaulted them, a court in Toronto has heard.

In opening arguments on Tuesday, prosecutors said that Nygard, 82, met the women in social settings and invited them to the headquarters of his clothing empire in Toronto. All of the tours" ended in his bedroom suite. The room had a bed, televisions and a jacuzzi. Prosectors say the doors didn't have handles and the locks were controlled by Nygard.