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| A statement from Peter Nygard includes a photograph that the Canadian fashion mogul says shows him, left, with actor Sean Connery, who is part of a group of celebrity landowners that is suing the Bahamian government over the Canadian fashion mogul's development activities. (Peter Nygard) |
A group of celebrity landowners that includes actor Sean Connery and politician Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and a local environment group that share the Canadian fashion mogul's exclusive neighbourhood in the Bahamas, have filed two lawsuits against the Bahamian government, decrying Nygard’s development activities.
While Nygard is not named as a party in the lawsuit, he has denied the allegations in a statement sent to CBC News by his Winnipeg-based lawyer on Thursday evening.
Peter Nygard has been a champion of the Bahamas and specifically the preservation of Simms Point and Jaws Beach for more than 30 years," the statement reads in part.
"Mr. Nygard fully supports protecting the environment of the Bahamas. It is the natural beauty of the island which led him to choose this country for his home. "
His lawyer added that the current judicial review applications are "an attempt to change the government process. They present no new environmental assessments."
Save the Bays, which says it is devoted to Bahamas ecology preservation, claims in court documents that Nygard has gradually increased the size of the estate he bought in 1984 by 2.85 acres through his unauthorized development activities.
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