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Prince Andrew’s fashion exec friend Peter Nygard has his company’s HQ raided by the FBI amid investigation into sex trafficking and claims he abused girls as young as 14 at his Bahamas mansion
- Nygard, 77, is being investigated by the FBI for sex trafficking underage girls
- He is also being sued over claims he abused girls as young as 14 in the Bahamas
- The fashion executive is a citizen of Finland and Canada and counts Prince Andrew among friends
- Andrew, who was stripped of his royal duties over his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, visited his Bahamas property in 2011
The FBI is investigating Peter Nygard for sex trafficking
The FBI on Tuesday raided the Manhattan HQ of Peter Nygard’s fashion company amid ongoing claims he abused girls as young as 14.
The fashion executive is a friend of Prince Andrew who has hosted the royal and his children at his Bahamas mansion over the last few decades.
The Bahamas property is said to have been the scene of the sexual abuse of girls as young as 14.
For the last five months, he has been the subject of a secret investigation into sex trafficking, according to The New York Times.
On Tuesday, agents flocked to the Nygard building in Times Square, where the Canadian business executive runs his operation.
It is not clear if he was there.
Six police vans were there and agents were spotted on the sixth floor of the building and in the lobby.
Earlier this month, Nygard was sued by a collection of women who say he raped and drugged them on the Bahamas estate Prince Andrew visited in 2011.
He denies the allegations. Ten women say they were raped by the mogul at the compound.
Agents reportedly raided the lobby and sixth floor of the building. On Tuesday, there was no one there to even man the company’s desk (above)
The exterior of the building in Time’s Square. There was no sign of Nygard
The women filed a class-action lawsuit against Nygard in the Southern District of New York last Thursday, which claims that he ran a ‘sex-trafficking ring’ at the island home.
The suit alleges that Nygard lured ‘young, impressionable, and often impoverished children and women’ to his Mayan-themed vacation home in the Bahamas with cash payments and promises to launch their modelling careers.
Once the arrived, the girls were entertained at so-called ‘pamper parties’ where Nygard would have bartenders spike their drinks with the date-rape drug Rohypnol.
Nygard allegedly kept a database with details about each guest, which he would consult before picking a ‘victim’ to target at the weekly parties.
Nygard’s empire is built on sportswear. His leggings are sold in stores that bear his name and also in Dillard’s. He is worth an estimated $750million.
He has long had a reputation for keeping young, attractive women around him.
Nygard with Prince Andrew on his Bahamas island in 2011
Nygard with Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice and Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson
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