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The lawsuit accuses him of sexually assaulting "young, impressionable, and often impoverished children and women" after luring them with cash and false promises of lucrative modelling opportunities. Some of the plaintiffs are minors.
Mr Nygard is accused of using alcohol, drugs, force or other means of coercion "to engage in commercial sex acts with these children and women".
Most of the assault and sex trafficking allegations took place in the Bahamas, where Mr Nygard has lived for years.
The lawsuit, which details complaints dating back four decades, also claims Mr Nygard would bribe officials to hide evidence of his crimes.
It alleges he kept a "database of potential victims" on his company's servers with details on over 7,500 women and underage girls.