Nygard asks court to review decision to deny him bail pending appeal [Video]

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s legal team has asked an Ontario court to review a decision to deny him bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions and sentence.

Nygard’s lawyers argued before the Court of Appeal for Ontario on Tuesday that the motions judge made several errors in dismissing the 83-year-old’s bail application last month.

They said the motions judge “unfairly discounted” the value of a new medical report and “failed to appreciate” the arrangement that Nygard was proposing for his release on bail.

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The judge who rejected Nygard’s bail application wrote at the time that his appeal appeared to be “weak” and that he presents a flight risk since he faces charges in other jurisdictions.

Nygard was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault last year after multiple women came forward with allegations dating from the 1980s until the mid-2000s. His prison sentence amounts to a little …