Winnipeg fashion designer Peter Nygard is facing extradition to the United States as an investigation into Nygard's involvement of sex crimes continues.

On December 14, 2020, Manitoba RCMP Federal Policing investigators, with the assistance of the Winnipeg Police Service, arrested Peter Nygard, 79, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The arrest follows a request from the United States to Canada to initiate extradition proceedings against Nygard in order to face charges in the United States as part of an ongoing investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and New York Police Department (NYPD).

Nygard is currently remanded in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre pending a bail hearing and further extradition proceedings.

Nygard is accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women, some of whom were underage girls at the time.