ANDREW PAL ON 5 SEX CHARGES

'Canada's Hefner' lured women to room, court told

- CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

A SECOND billionaire associate of Prince Andrew has gone on trial over allegations of sexual assault.

Peter Nygard leveraged his wealth, assets and status over several years to lure young women before abusing them, a Canadian court has been told.

Prosecutors said the former fashion mogul carried out the alleged sexual assaults on five women in a top-floor bedroom suite at his company's Toronto HQ. In the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday, crown attorney Ana Serban accused Nygard, 82, of using his status as a "wealthy fashion designer to lure and sexually assault young women".