Fashion tycoon Peter Nygard’s two sons accuse him of paying his sex worker girlfriend to rape them when they were just 14 and 15 to ‘make men’ out of them

Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard has been accused of hiring his sex worker girlfriend to rape two of his sons when they were teenagers in a bombshell new lawsuit.  

Nygard’s biological sons made the stunning allegations against their father – who has been accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women in a decades-long sex trafficking scheme – in a complaint filed Sunday in Manhattan federal court. 

The men claim they were both statutorily raped by the same ‘girlfriend’ of their father, who was a ‘known sex worker’. 

The alleged rapes took place 14 years apart at properties owned by 79-year-old Nygard, the complaint obtained by DailyMail.com states. 

In one case, Nygard, who has seven children in total, allegedly told the woman that he wanted her to ‘make a man’ out of one of the sons, who was 14 at the time. 

Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard (center in 2014) has been accused of hiring his sex worker girlfriend to rape two of his sons when they were teenagers in a bombshell new lawsuit

‘Each of the sons has experienced, first-hand, the destruction caused by Peter Nygard’s sex trafficking venture and, through their truth, stand for accountability and justice,’ the complaint obtained by DailyMail.com states.  

‘In addition to trafficking his sons, Peter Nygard lied about the sexual abuse and attempted to intimidate his sons into remaining quiet.

‘But plaintiffs, in this case, refuse to be silenced and, following an investigation in the last several months, Nygard’s Sons have come to realize the lies and corruption of Peter Nygard, including sex trafficking, intimidation, and destruction of countless innocent victims.’

The names of both sons were withheld in the complaint for their protection, according to a press release. 

The elder son – referred to in the suit as ‘John Doe 2’ – was raped when he was 15 years old in 2004 at his father’s home in the Bahamas, the complaint states. 

Fourteen years later, Nygard allegedly ‘lured, enticed and transported’ the younger son – ‘John Doe 1’ – from California to his residence in Winnipeg, Canada, in the summer of 2018, where the same woman raped him.  

He was 14 years old and a virgin at the time, the complaint states. The legal age of consent in Canada is 16. 

Nygard allegedly paid the woman, who was not named in the suit, using money from his fashion empire, Nygard International.

Nygard has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting 57 women after he lured them to his compound in the Bahamas (pictured). One of his sons claims that Nygard’s girlfriend raped him at the estate when he was 15 in 2004

Nygard’s property is an adult playground where he has ‘pamper parties’ for young girls, blasts music and, allegedly has plied young girls with drugs and alcohol Aerial footage shows Peter Nygard’s palatial Bahamas house

The elder son spoke about the alleged abuse in an interview with CBC News, saying: ‘Hopefully my experience will help other people be able to speak the truth about what’s happened to them.’  

He said he felt ‘confusion’, ‘shame’ and ‘very little understanding’ after he was assaulted – but gained some clarity after hearing similar allegations against his father from other victims.  

‘It’s one of those things that when you look back at it I see the pattern of it — that it happened with my younger brother — that’s when it struck me,’ he said. 

‘That’s pretty low. So after the fact and after more information has come out it’s affected me a little bit more.’

The sons are being represented by the same firm that launched a class action lawsuit against Nygard earlier this year in New York, DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC.  

The class action is made up of 57 women who Nygard lured them to his compound in the Bahamas with promises of money and modeling opportunities before they were raped, sexually assaulted and forced to engage in depraved fetishes. 

Several of the victims in the suit were underage, with two as young as 14. 

In February, federal agents and New York police officers raided Nygard’s Manhattan headquarters and his Los Angeles home as part of a five-month investigation into allegations of sexual assault by a joint child exploitation task force. 

Nygard’s elder son said that he and his brother came forward with their lawsuit to show support for other victims. 

‘We need to talk about this,’ the son told CBC. ‘It’s about backing up the other people who are being called liars.’ 

After the class action lawsuit was filed, Nygard’s representatives fiercely denied the women’s claims and dismissed the mounting allegations against him as part of a sinister plot by wealthy and powerful enemies who wish to harm him.

And on Sunday, Nygard’s lawyer Jay Prober condemned the allegations in the latest lawsuit as ‘completely false’.  

‘My client is shocked by these allegations, which he says are completely false. He categorically denies them,’ Prober told CBC.

‘You’ll note that the allegations are really nothing more than generalities. Details are sadly lacking. You might ask why that is. And it’s clear from my client because he says it never happened.’

A spokesperson for Nygard (pictured in 2016) called the allegations outlined in the sons’ lawsuit ‘completely false’

Nygard, 79, is seen partying with scantily-clad young women at his mansion in the Bahamas in 2007 in photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com

But his sons remain optimistic that their father will be brought to justice for their crimes. 

‘I’m hopeful that whether it’s this lawsuit or the other lawsuits that there will be some truth served because I don’t feel like anyone should get away with this type of behavior and abuse,’ the elder son said.     

Co-counselor Greg Gutzler said of his clients’ suit: ‘The bravery of these two young men, who have come forward to testify to their own father’s heinous, decades-long career of shocking sexual crimes, corroborates what so many survivors have already revealed.

‘They join victims and witnesses from the United States, Canada, the UK, and the Bahamas, who have courageously come forward with the truth after being intimidated into silence for decades.’  

The civil action seeks damages under the United States Federal sex trafficking statute from Nygard, as well as Nygard Inc, Nygard International Partnership, and Nygard Holdings Limited. 

It claims that Nygard’s sexual predation is an ‘open secret’ at the Nygard companies and that the companies were ‘instrumental in knowingly aiding, abetting, facilitating, conspiring, and participating in’ the trafficking the plaintiffs while knowing that both were under 18, to engage in a commercial sex act.

‘The plaintiffs did not come forward immediately following these incidents as they were legitimately and justifiably afraid that Nygard would harm or retaliate against them,’ a press release states. 

The complaint alleges that Nygard uses ‘his family influence and family manipulation, including psychological and financial pressure, financial resources, political power’ as well as threats of force, to intimidate victims and prevent him from coming forward.

Nygard has long been seen as one of Canada’s biggest fashion influencers with offices around the world, including in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York. 

He’s been linked to several high profile people, including Britain’s Prince Andrew.  

The Duke of York, his then wife Sarah Ferguson and their two children Eugenie and Beatrice visited Nygard’s exclusive Caribbean bolthole around 20 years ago in 2000. 

It is claimed Prince Andrew, who was holidaying at a separate house, spent less than two hours at the property after being invited by Nygard to tour the grounds.

The embattled Duke quit royal duties last year following a car-crash television interview about his dead pedophile financier friend, Jeffrey Epstein. 

Nygard reportedly hosted several other A-listers at his Bahamas estate, dubbed Nygard Cay, including Oprah Winfrey and former president George H.W. Bush.

None of the celebrities or other people who visited Nygard at the compound are being accused of knowing anything about what went on there. 

It was at that property that Nygard allegedly abused women at so-called ‘pamper parties’ where he would have bartenders spike their drinks with the date-rape drug Rohypnol. 

The mogul allegedly kept a database with details about each guest, which he would consult before picking a ‘victim’ to target at the weekly parties.  

Nygard is seen with Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice and Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, when the family visited his Bahamas compound in 2000

Nygard with Prince Andrew on his Bahamas island in 2011