A gaggle of pornography studios lost their bid to force a performer to arbitrate claims she was allegedly trafficked by a model talent agent who forced her to engage in commercial sex acts and hand over the profits.
SAN DIEGO (CN) Even though he found arbitration agreements between a pornography performer and the video studios which shot and produced the adult films were valid, a federal judge Thursday nonetheless declined to enforce the agreements to avoid potential conflicting court rulings in a novel Trafficking Victims Protection Act case.
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Anello, in a 22-page order out of the Southern District of California Thursday, denied pornography studios’ motion to compel arbitration in the case brought last year by Jane Doe, who claims she was forced by model talent agent Cissy Steele to film commercial sex videos in California and hand over her earnings.
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Sari from Finland joins dozens of women accusing Peter Nygård of rape –“I said ‘no’ to him in probably every language I knew”
Helsinki-based Sari is joining a class action suit in which dozens of women around the world are accusing Nygård of the same crime. According to Sari, Nygård raped her during a visit he made to Finland and gave her 1 000 Finnish marks after the act. Sari was just 17 years old.
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Helsinki-based Sari has told a lawyer handling the class action suit in the United States that she was raped by Nygård at the age of 17 when he was on a visit to Finland in the autumn of 1987.Kuva: Rio Gandara / HS
Finnish Tiina Tulikorpi protected the name and image of Peter Nygård, alleged sex offender
Finnish-Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygård’s PR director was considered to be his closest and most trusted employee. Now she says to Helsingin Sanomat: “Every fibre of my being goes out to those women.” The number of women accusing Nygård of sex crimes is close to one hundred.
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Tiina Tulikorpi and Peter Nygård attended the funeral of Liisa Nygård Johnson, Peter Nygård’s sister, in Winnipeg in January 2020. This picture is a screenshot of a publicly available tribute video on Peter Nygård’s Youtube channel.Kuva: Youtube
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard was denied bail on Friday by a judge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on a U.S. extradition request over charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
FILE PHOTO: The name of fashion executive and designer Peter Nygard is illuminated on a flagship store he once owned in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo
Canadian police arrested Nygard in Winnipeg on Dec. 14 at the request of U.S. officials under the countries’ extradition treaty.
Nygard faces nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering in the United States. Nygard, who appeared in court by video, has denied the allegations.