US federal agents raided offices of Peter Nygard’s fashion company yesterday amid a sex-trafficking investigation into the wealthy fashion mogul. Ken Frydman, a spokesperson for Mr Nygard, confirmed to international media that agents “executed a search and seizure on Nygard offices in California and New York”. A New York judge, meanwhile, has granted a request by Mr Nygard’s lawyers for a pre-motion conference before they file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses their client of raping ten women. The meeting is scheduled for March 5, according to court documents. The impact of the lawsuit hit Mr Nygard’s business yesterday with Dillard’s, an American department store chain, saying in a statement that it has “refused current deliveries, cancelled all existing orders and suspended all future purchases from Nygard” in light of the allegations.

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