Convicted sex offender and disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard now has a lawyer to represent him on Manitoba sex charges, five months after his previous counsel withdrew from the case.
Winnipeg defence lawyer Gerri Wiebe appeared in court Tuesday and confirmed Nygard had retained her.
“I will certainly be following up… with respect to obtaining disclosure and getting this matter moving forward,” Wiebe told provincial court Judge Tracy Lord.
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Peter Nygard has retained the services of defence lawyer Gerri Wiebe.
Nygard, 82, is charged with one count each of sexual assault and forcible confinement for an alleged incident at his former Winnipeg headquarters in 1993.
He was convicted after trial last year in Ontario of four counts of sexual assault and remains in custody in a Toronto detention facility as he awaits sentencing.
Nygard’s Manitoba court proceedings have been delayed since January, when Toronto-based defence lawyer Brian Greenspan withdrew from the case, citing an “irreconcilable breakdown in the solicitor-client relationship.”