Around the world, more than 80 women have accused Peter Nygard of crimes ranging from rape to sex trafficking.

He far exceeds Jeffrey Epstein, he far exceeds Bill Cosby, he exceeds anything that I think our world has seen so far.

A pattern of predatory behavior spanning half a century. Nygard denies it all, but now he faces criminal charges.

It's just where a poor man, he would have been in jail decades ago. He is hid in plain sight.

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You are listening to season two of Someone Know Something from CBC Radio. Previously on SKS.

The lady on the phone was crying. She said, you know, can we meet her at coffee? I thought, who is this? Pat.

And then Pat would be...

Pat is my mother. She cries, said, I hope he, it's not him that did it.

And what was she like? What's Pat like?

She's hard-core, she's a bit of a...

It's hard to explain. She loves her son.

Have you ever seen Michael hit anybody or the aggressive towards the camera?

Oh yeah, he's fighting. We've got lots of fights.

Yeah, we have lots of fights.

Michael? Oh, the whole family.

We found a pat of paper. You could see that something had been written.

And there was a few things that suggested it was a suicide note.

And there's a thought that it was sent to a family member.

This is episode 10.

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