Richter Advisory Group told Manitoba's Court of Queen's Bench it was served a second subpoena from the Southern District of New York court ordering the production of the documents and files. Nine Nygard companies have been under court-ordered receivership since March to recoup more than $25 million US owed to American lenders. Peter Nygard mingles with the crowd at a 'pamper party' in a video posted to Facebook in 2018. Several Nygard companies are also named defendants in the civil case, with allegations they paid for, facilitated and participated in a "decades-long sex trafficking scheme." Settlement order in claims, disputesBefore the Nygard companies went into receivership, they filed a notice of intention seeking court approval to restructure their finances.

Source: CBC News September 15, 2020 21:45 UTC