Canadian fashion mogul Nygard pays $50K fine in Bahamas, but will appeal ruling
LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for Peter Nygard says the Canadian clothing manufacturer plans to appeal a ruling in the Bahamas that found he violated a 2013 court order to stop dredging near his beachfront home.
In a statement Wednesday, Sallie Hofmeister says Nygard and his associates “respectfully disagree” with the ruling, but they have paid the $50,000 fine handed down by the Bahamas Supreme Court.
A lawyer for the environmental group Save the Bays, which brought the case against Nygard, released a statement Tuesday calling the court ruling “an extraordinary triumph for environmental justice in the Bahamas.”
Fred Smith says Nygard has nearly doubled the size of his property over the years by digging up sand and placing it along his beachfront.