Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard is asking the Southern District Court of New York to dismiss the claims of 52 out of 57 plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted them. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 10 plaintiffs — nine women from the Bahamas and one American — in the Southern District of New York in February. Statute of limitations expired, Nygard claimsIn the motion, Nygard also claimed the statute of limitations has expired for 38 of the plaintiffs. Nygard said the 38 plaintiffs have failed to prove that they couldn't have filed their allegations before the statute of limitations ran out. The motion to dismiss also said that 12 of the 57 plaintiffs' claims allegedly occurred outside of the United States and thus require "extraterritorial application" under the law.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2020 19:28 UTC