Canadian-Finnish Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard’s Son Said Dad Worse Than Epstein

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'Systematic monster': Peter Nygard’s son describes how he tried to blow the whistle on his father for years
November 12, 2023

Warning: This story describes details of alleged sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.

The son of Peter Nygard, a former fashion mogul who had been found guilty of four counts of sexual assault, told media on Sunday that he was glad his father had been brought to justice, calling him a “systematic monster.”

Kai Zen Bickle, who goes by his mother's surname, explained that he felt “Kai Nygard” had died four years ago, when he said he witnessed his father “basically assault a young child” at a dinner party.

At the time, Bickle spoke up to executives at his father’s company, where he also worked.

"I was attacked and told that I was mentally unwell and all of these things, and I got a taste of what it’s like to blow the whistle against … a powerful predator,” he said Sunday.

Nygard “used his business talents for evil, to prey on others,” Bickle said.

“And it’s a very good thing that justice was served here.”

The 82-year-old Nygard, who has been the subject of numerous sexual assault allegations in both the U.S. and Canada, was found guilty on Sunday of four counts of sexual assault but was acquitted of a fifth count, plus a count of forcible confinement.

The charges stemmed from five women who testified that various meetings with Nygard, ranging from tours to job interviews, ended with them being sexually assaulted by him at his company’s headquarters in Toronto. The allegations dated back from the 1980s until the mid-2000s, and Nygard denied all five women’s allegations.

One woman testified that she was only 16 years old at the time of the assault.

Bickle said on Sunday that he is thinking about “all of those who care about justice and are open to the idea of stopping predators from abusing and targeting children, using drugs to abuse women, and using tactics like jurisdiction loopholes or threats of lawsuit to silence their victims.”