Nygard Sues Governments, Police Over 1993 Assault Case

0:00It's April 1st. I'm Cory with the story. This is Canada News today driven by AI Peter Nygard the disgraced fashion exec just filed a lawsuit against the Manitoba and Saskatchewan government's plus Winnipeg police claiming they Abused the process and the sexual assault case from 1993 charged in 2023 for assaulting and confining a woman in Winnipeg Those charges got stayed last October when a judge ruled that Destroyed police interview records from back then violated his charter rights to a fair trial Prosecutors passed on charges in 2020 but Manitoba shipped the file to Saskatchewan for a fresh look sparking his arrest Women pushed that review with the Famutory claims and media pressure his suit blast police for sloppy work below standards and assault probes and the Attorney General for breaching duty all causing him pain Suffering and mental anguish He wants damages proven in court now in his mid 80s and doing 11 years from a Toronto conviction with Quebec in U.S.

1:04Cases looming this fresh Winnipeg fight is untested so far as defendants gear up to respond