Peter Nygard appealing extradition to U.S. after justice minister denies requests for assurances

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Nygard wanted several assurances, including not being sent to New York's Metropolitan Detention Center
Peter Nygard is asking the Manitoba Court of Appeal to quash an order made by Canada's justice minister to surrender the former fashion executive to the United States to face criminal charges there, once his Canadian trials are complete.

In court documents filed last April, Toronto lawyer Brian Greenspan says Justice Minister David Lametti made four legal errors when ordering Nygard to face a trial south of the border for nine offences he was charged with in the Southern District of New York.

Those include conspiracy to commit racketeering, transportation of a minor for purpose of prostitution, and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

The appeal documents say if Nygard was convicted for similar charges in Canada he would be sentenced to 15-20 years, whereas in the U.S. he would likely face life in prison.

Nygard, 81, was arrested in Winnipeg on Dec. 14, 2020, on a provisional warrant which was issued on behalf of the U.S., and was initially detained at Headingley Correctional Centre, just west of Winnipeg.

In October 2021, he was transferred to the Toronto South Detention Centre, after being charged in that city, where he is still behind bars.

He faces nine counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement in Toronto, related to allegations from the late 1980s and mid-2000s.