Nygard bids to reduce court punishment

Wed, Jul 29th 2020, 07:00 AM

PETER Nygard has appealed a contempt conviction he received for breaching an injunction that banned him from publishing stolen emails from environmental group Save The Bays (STB), on the grounds the fine and sentence handed down to him was too harsh.

On October 10, 2019, Nygard was convicted of contempt in a case centering on the theft of emails from the environmental advocacy group. A month later, he was sentenced to 90 days in prison and fined $150,000.

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