former Canadian fashion Mogul Peter nyard has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of four counts of sexual assault and attacks on women in his Toronto office building during a 6-week trial the Ontario Superior Court heard testimony from five complainants who said during a period between the late 1980s to around 2005 nyard had attacked them in a private bedroom suite on the top floor of the building a Toronto jury found nyard guilty last November the 83 year-old was acquitted of a fifth count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement Justice Robert Goldstein said Monday that nyard quote used his wealth and his power to commit the assaults Crown prosecutor Neville golwala and Justice Goldstein sentence Mr nyard accordingly and found him to have committed these sexual assaults uh in a way that makes him as we have been saying uh recognizes the description of him as a sexual predator that is the bottom line that is the story Canadian police arrested nyard in late 2020 at the request of the United States where he was accused of using his businesses to lure women and girls to sexually gratify himself and his associates Toronto police laid their own charges about a year later nyard also faces charges in Manitoba and Quebec and is fighting extradition to the US where he faces federal charges in New York for nine offenses Survivor Jennifer Hoffman called for charges in Canada and the us we all need to be on the same team and we need to eliminate Predators like this from continuing to hurt women and and girls and human beings period niggard became one of the wealthiest people in Canada while running his namesake clothing company the 11-year sentence is reduced to take into account time he has already spent Behind Bars nyard has about 6.7 years left to serve and will be eligible for full parole after onethird of that