Mr. Nygard appeared in court via video link from jail, seeming like a shell of the man once plastered on billboards in New York’s Times Square and Winnipeg’s airport. It is relatively rare in Canada to be denied bail, particularly for people with no criminal record like Mr. Nygard, said Seth Weinstein, a criminal defense lawyer in Toronto who co-authored a book on extradition cases. It is very unlikely a challenge by Mr. Nygard to his extradition would be successful, experts said. He added that wealthy people who exhaust all legal means might stave off extradition for a couple of years. In Canada, the bail system is largely predicated on community trust and connections and does not involve large cash deposits and commercial bail bondmen, as it does in many U.S. states.

Source: New York Times February 05, 2021 16:25 UTC