ManitobaProsecutors say they will not appeal a judge’s decision to stay charges in Peter Nygard’s sexual assault case in Winnipeg.Saskatchewan prosecutors say appeal ‘would not be appropriate’ after reviewArturo Chang · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2025 6:07 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Peter Nygard is seen leaving a Toronto court in October 2023. Saskatchewan Public Prosecutions said it will not appeal the decision by Manitoba provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie last month to stay charges against the disgraced fashion mogul. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Prosecutors say they will not appeal a judge’s decision to stay charges in Peter Nygard’s sexual assault case in Winnipeg last month.On Oct. 8, Manitoba provincial court Justice Mary Kate Harvie stayed charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement against the disgraced fashion mogul.Harvie ruled his Charter right to a fair trial would have been “substantially prejudiced” because of failures from North Vancouver RCMP to produce documentation of their interview with the woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Nygard in Winnipeg in 1993.The complainant, April Telek, alleged Nygard sexually assaulted her at his Winnipeg warehouse in November 1993. Her identity was previously protected under a publication ban, but that ban was lifted following the judge’s October decision, which court heard was done at Telek’s request. Saskatchewan Public Prosecutions, which was assigned to the case after it was sent out of Manitoba for review, had until Friday to appeal Harvie’s decision.A spokesperson for that province’s Justice Ministry said in an email prosecutors determined an appeal “would not be appropriate in this case.””The Criminal Code only permits Crown appeals from legal errors,” spokesperson Noel Busse said. “While the Crown argued for a different result, it did not find any legal errors upon which to base an appeal, and respects the decision made by the judge.”Nygard, who founded his fashion company in Winnipeg, is already serving an 11-year prison sentence after he was found guilty in an Ontario court in 2023 of four counts of sexual assault for offences from the 1980s to mid-2000s. He is appealing that conviction and sentence.He also faces charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement in Montreal, related to allegations of events that took place from Nov. 1, 1997, to Nov. 15, 1998, there.Nygard was first arrested in Winnipeg in December 2020 under the Extradition Act, after he was charged with nine counts in New York, including sex trafficking and racketeering. Last November, the Supreme Court of Canada said it would not review his extradition order to the U.S.With files from Caitlyn Gowriluk
Prosecutors won’t appeal Manitoba judge’s decision to stay Peter Nygard sex assault charges
