Overview
- Justice Richard Latin issued an order on Monday finding Nygard’s defamatory claims against Bacon lacked evidentiary support.
- Bacon’s 2015 lawsuit said Nygard orchestrated a smear campaign using doctored YouTube videos and organized street rallies.
- The false statements portrayed Bacon as a murderer, narcotics trafficker, arsonist, insider trader, and Ku Klux Klan member.
- Nygard’s lawyer, Peter Sverd, said his client is disappointed with the decision and plans to appeal.
- Nygard, 84, is serving an 11-year sentence in Canada for sexual assault and faces additional Canadian charges as well as a U.S. indictment for racketeering and sex trafficking.