Montreal bail hearing on sex charge for Peter Nygard delayed by Rogers outage

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s Montreal court appearance on sex-related charges has been put off due to the Rogers Communications network outage.

Prosecutor Jérôme Laflamme says it is impossible to have Nygard, who is detained in a Toronto jail, appear in court by videoconference due to the outage at the Toronto-based telecommunications company.

Laflamme says Nygard will appear in Quebec court next week for a bail hearing, but a date was not set.

Nygard faces one count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in Quebec.

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He also faces six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement in Toronto.

Authorities in the United States have asked for him to be extradited to face sex-related charges in that country.

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