Peter Nygard Civil Sex Trafficking Case Stayed By SDNY US Attorney Inner City Press Reports

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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 21 – The civil case against Peter Nygard for rape, sexual assault and sex trafficking has been stayed on August 21 as the US Attorney intervened, see photo here. It would appear that Nygard is subject to US criminal action. See more on Patreon here.

Back on May 7 there was a pre-motion conference before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos. Inner City Press covered it, see below, and then the next proceeding in the case on June 3.

 The June 3 proceeding started with the allegation that Nygard has made some Google search results disappear. Plaintiffs' lawyer went through a "deletion log" of documents which were deleted, including the litigation hold. He quoted Bates stamp numbers of pages, while saying he's not sure what they refer it.  "There's a wire by Nygard for $10 million... They deleted photos from a place in Winnipeg where Nygard held pamper parties."  

Judge Ramos: Did Nygard put pictures of these pamper parties on the corporate website?  Answer: Yes. But they took some of them down. 

Judge Ramos: All of the servers are now with the Richter Advisory Group, right?  Answer: It's a Canadian receiver with a different agenda, different powers than you, Your Honor. They are trying to recover assets for, for example, White Oak.

As argument continued, Inner City Press dug around in the docket, and following URLs, came across and tweeted the link to this Richter report on April 2020 about Nygard Holdings, here.

 Plaintiffs' lawyer: We want IT expert to go in and check what Richter is doing.  Judge Ramos: Let's here from defense counsel.

 Harwood of Morvillo Abramowitz: The Richter report does not assert that evidence destruction occurred. It only identifies file deletions Nygard lawyer now claiming that Greg Fenske only deleted web links like "help desk," and corporate documents; says there is no basis to say that improper deletions occurred. 

Judge Ramos: Is it just that you believe Mr. Genske or whatever his name is?  A: Fenske. 

Judge Ramos: Unlike Mr. Gutzler, I am very familiar with this type of firm, they hire computer forensic experts.

  Plaintiff's lawyer asks that Greg Fenske, who deleted Nygard documents, submit an affidavit to Judge Ramos.  Judge Ramos: You say these are photos of a Falcon Lake party - is the allegation that a lot sexual assaults took place there? A:  Yes, a Jane Doe says so.

Judge Ramos: And you're saying the pamper party photos were on the public-facing website? A: Yes. Then they were deleted. Right before Richter took over the servers. We are requesting discovery on this. Judge Ramos: The info is safe with Richter Group.

Plaintiffs' lawyer says he has 10 more Nygard victims who want to sign on "to be a new Jane Doe." He says one was raped in New York. 

Judge Ramos: Plaintiffs are coming here two weeks too late but I don't see how defendants are prejudiced. So I grant plaintiffs leave to file an amendment complaint, by next Wednesday June 10. Nygard gets 3 weeks to file motion to dismiss, July 1.  Nygard's reply on its forthcoming motion to dismiss will be due July 29. Inner City Press will continue to report on this case.

   On May 7 Nygard's lawyer told Judge Ramos that one of the women in the Feb 22 New York Times article "has since been identified publicly, with her consent, as one of the Jane Doe plaintiffs here."  

  Judge Ramos asked, In THIS lawsuit? 

   Nygard's lawyer said, Yes, adding that "Any concerns about revealing this information to us can be handled by a protective order - we'd only give this information to our investigators."    Plaintiffs' lawyer Lisa Haba of Longwood, Florida, said, This is human trafficking litigation. As to the two girls in the NYT article, they are claiming perjury. The third one, the initials are R.R. -- but RR took a polygraph showed by 99% that she did not pay these women.

 The New York Times thrust her into the public eye.   Next Haba cites Doe v Trump, and Doe v Four Brothers Pizza, on why not provide plaintiffs' names at this time, but rather at the time of discovery. She said, "We have a high risk of retaliation in this case... Jane Doe 12 owned a business in the Bahamas, Nygard hired Toby and Bobo to fire bomb her business... In the Bahamas there was a court order for failure to appear. R.R. has been approached in the Bahamas by people who say they are associated with Nygard... There was a murder for hire plot involving Louis Bacon - The Hague had to get involved to order a targeted hit involving Nygard to go forward.    We hope to have more on that.  

   Plaintiffs' lawyer Hab continued, He has declared bankrutpcy for corporate assets. If he gets the names, then declares personal bankruptcy - we've heard he might - it would stay the case and he'd have the names. There's a criminal investigation, a grand jury subpoena...  

 Judge Ramos said, I'm not going to require plaintiffs to turn over the names of the Jane Doe defendants at this time. We may never get to the merits here, for example if I grant their motion to dismiss.

  Nygard's lawyer says 46 of the 46 plaintiffs should be dismissed. He said, He is Canadian. The nerve center of the Nygard entities is in Canada.

  Judge Ramos aske, They say he has a permanent residence in New York.  Nygard's lawyer said, That is wrong. So the focus will have to be on the New York conduct. All they can point to is marketing statements on website about the headquarters being in New York. But that's just marketing statements. The routing of bank transactions, without intent, is irrelevant. This case is inappropriate for class certification - it is fact specific.

   Judge Ramos said, Even if you succeeded in your arguments, then, three plaintiffs would remain?  

  Nygard's lawyer said, Yes, but one of the three is vague..

  THen Plaintiffs' other lawyer jumped in, I just checked Nygard's website, it says the headquarters is in New York. And Nygard invoked SDNY jurisdiction and argued that he and his companies are interlinked, as to reputation; City Press then looked up the case cited: it is Nygard v. Louis Bacon, before Judge Schofield.

  Then plaintiffs' lawyer said, Nygard lives above his store in New York, in violation of zoning, holds "pamper parties. The complaint in Nygard v. Bacon, which at Para 3 says "Nygard Inc since 2005 has carried on business at its world headquarters at 1435 Broadway, NY NY 10018." Apparently Nygard lives upstairs. 

  Judge Ramos said, I'm going to let Nygard file a motion to dismiss - though it is true that your arguments today have gotten into disputes of fact. Let's get some dates Ms. Rivera.     Lawyer said, 30 days is a weekend.     Judge Ramos deadpanned (by phone) that These days one day is the same as the other. So the motion to dismiss is due June 8, opposition July 8, reply July 22. With that, Judge Ramos says, we are adjourned. Be safe. The case is Does No. 1-10 v. Nygard, et al., 20-cv-1288 (Ramos). 

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As UNSG Refuses Press Qs on His Sexual Abuse FP Insiders Virtue Signal But Cover Up #MeToo

 

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UN Gate, August 9 – The United Nations under Antonio Guterres sinks ever lower into complicity with sexual abuse and trafficking, and lack of accountability. Now this from whistleblowers, about those who help cover up:

On July 30 Inner City Press while covering a UN Press Briefing Room propaganda session by Germany's Mission to the UN that it was banned from attending even virtually and even asking questions at tweeted, "This guy, who also tried to use UN Security against the press, is now praising Germany for being so good with him. No amount of hand-painting can make up for abusive sleaze - he once drunkenly hugged an Ambassador who demanded, Who *are* you?"

   Nearly immediately complaints rolled in, as this UN Correspondents Association official who is Ali Barada of France 24 and An-Nahar is widely known in the UN as engaged in sexual harassment and abuse. Several complainants, stating that Barada used his media company position to inappropriately touch them, said they want him identified and something done, that they still suffer PTSD.

   Two days after Inner City Press, banned 768 days from any entry into the UN including its Zoom room, reported on this, a UN insider chimed in publicly about the UN and gender: "Over time I have reduced my reading about the UN to two sources: @RichardGowan1 and @columlynch. This is why: rock solid analysis."

  Four days after this clanker, the two named men tried to distance themselves from it:

Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1 Replying to @AdamDayNYC: + @sarah_cliffe, @TCarayannis, @SherineT, @savita_pawnday, @AditiGorur, @wwwmac, @e_cousens, @kaysiebrown, @MeganMRoberts1, @sarahWPS, @KaavyaAsoka, @AAbdenur, @DeSachenka, @akd2003, @AkshayaSays, @joycebukuru, @renaticas, @AM_OMalley

and then

Colum Lynch [of Foreign Policy FP] @columlynch on reporting side, I'd add  @michellenichols   @whitney_hurst  ,  @SominiSengupta   @EdithLedererAP   @mbesheer   @PamelaFalk   @carrienooten    @pass_blue   @fillionsteph10 . sure I'm missing more

  Yes. And also missing UNCA Executive Board(s) #MeToo abuses, and Guterres' cover ups.

We'll have more on this - including if the media and UN who have known but not acted act now.

   UNCA despite a false policy has done nothing about the sexual harassment and worse of its own officials. Stories are also legion from the victims of a Middle East-based news / propaganda channel, whose in action is perhaps more expected that the collusion with Barada of Guerres, Melissa Fleming, Stephane Dujarric and the German mission. But this Gulf country, at least in the UN, makes many claims about its record on gender. We'll have more on this.

Ghislaine Maxwell used the United Nations, as reported by Inner City Press whose questions about it Guterres refuses.

  First Inner City Press showed that on the board of Maxwell's Terramar Project Inc. was Guterres chief Partnerships official, Amir Dossal, below.

  Now while UNEP official Lisa Svensson appears in the documents unsealed July 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York which Inner City Press covers since ousted from the UN by Guterres for is reporting, Inner City Press is continuing its exclusive 2018 reporting in Svensson's "Volvo Boating" and other scams at UNEP, here, where we published in full, on Scribd and Patreon, the agreement with Volvo Ocean Races signed by Erik Solheim, here, and the EUR 500,000 agreement signed by UNEP's Lisa Emilia Svensson, here and here. [Aug 1, 2020 song here
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On OneCoin Ruja Link to Amanatidis Exposed By Inner City Press During Trial Fraud on Fraud

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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 6 – As Inner City Press covered the OneCoin trial in October 2019, a number of names of indicted co-conspirators emerged on which we followed up.

  One of them was Gilbert Armenta, who  recorded Ruja Ignatova. Inner City Press has repeatedly asked the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for more information; it continues even now to withhold the exhibits it flashed on the screen at trial. Inner City Press had to file a FOIA request; the Department of Justice denies expedited processing.

 While some of what Inner City Press has managed to pry out has been used without credit, now we can report one of the linsk we had  we had been seeking through FOIA and elsewhere: a connection to Hristoforos Amanatidis, Taki, whose main squeeze was paid by One Coin, and who is also connected to Krasimir "Karo" Kamenov and Hrant "Jesus" Varteryan, previously to Georgi and Vasil Iliev, and to Metodi Metodiev, aka “Meto Ilienski” who like Ruja Ignatova disappeared mysteriously, earlier. If the search for Ruja is a competition, game on.

Now we can report this, not yet stolen: the US Attorney's Office gave Armenta his own secret docket number and kept it sealed for three years, until AFTER Inner City Press exclusively reported on Armenta's continuing dubious business activities even while a "cooperator." The case was initially assigned to SDNY Judge Willian H. Pauley III, then moved to Judge Edgardo Ramos - who to his credit has now put an end to continued extensions, and set a sentencing date for October 21, 2020. The unsealed indictment is now on Patreon here.

  Now on August 6, this - Konstantin Ignatov has gotten himself released from the civil suit, full filing here: "WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiff Donald Berdeaux and Plaintiff Christine Grablis (together, “Plaintiffs”) and defendant Konstantin Ignatov are interested in resolving the issues alleged against Defendant Ignatov in the Amended Complaint in this action, and have negotiated in good faith for that purpose; and WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and defendant Konstantin Ignatov (together, the “Parties”) wish to discontinue between them without prejudice the claims asserted against Defendant Ignatov while not impeding in any way Plaintiffs’ further prosecution of their claims against the other defendants in this action; IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the Parties and/or their respective counsel as follows: 1. Plaintiffs hereby agree that the above-captioned action is dismissed and discontinued without prejudice solely as to defendant Konstantin Ignatov pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."  Full filing on Patreon here. We'll have more on this.

  The willingness to hide Armenta and the case against him, as he continued dubious business presumably for others, has Inner City Press wondering about these individuals it is researching through links to  Ruja Ignatova's RavenR:

Thomas Christodoulou
Maria Serbina
Joanna Hilary Alinson
Simon John Longworth
Anna Marie Longworth
Robert Henry Rothenberg
Gary Michael Gilford
Nikolaou Nikolaos
Louca Theocharis
Mary Skoullou
Giannakis Tsiannaros
Svitlana Kolesnyk
Cyprus Development Bank
Vladislav Velkov

We'll have more on this.   Here are the Armenta business moves Inner City Press exclusively reported on December 1, 2019, here:

  ESOL B.V. LLC was incorporated on July 8, 2019; the manager is Gilbert Armenta and the agent is Giselle Valentin, both of 500 E. Broward Boulevard, PH 2, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394. See here. And here.

   Armenta's Tblisi, Georgia-based money laundering bank JSC Capital Bank had as its parent a company of exactly this name. See KPMG review of Georgia banking sector here. More on Armenta's ongoing companies on Patreon here.

  Inner City Press asked, on December 1, 2019: Is the US Attorney's Office allowing its cooperator to keep on money laundering? Or looking the other way while whatever cooperation agreement exists is openly violated?
Perhaps these and other quesitons will be answered in connection with Armenta's sentencing in the too long seal case against him. Watch this site.

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