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My staff who are maintaining this fucking place are not to be going ahead driving with you somewhere.

That's the voice of Peter Nygaard, who is today locked up for the horrific crimes of rape,

sex trafficking, drugging, and holding women against their will, sometimes for weeks at a time.

It took a very long time for those crimes to surface.

For decades, Nygaard lived in plain sight as an international playboy.

Nobody really questioned his flamboyant behavior with dozens of women always on his flank.

Instead, many were envious of his jet-setting life. And why is that? It's a very good question.

Things were very different back in the 70s and the 80s, even the 90s. Men like Peter

Nygaard and Hugh Heffner, they got a pass.

They were called ladies men, casanovas, heartbreakers, and playboys.

They may have been called naughty, but they were rarely called criminals.

The women in their entourage were often considered glamorous and lucky.

Hi, it's beautiful.

I love it.

We're moving in.

Yeah, we have.

And that veneer allowed Peter Nygaard to commit his sex crimes one after the other, virtually

undetected.

But the attitudes of the day weren't the only reason that he could skate under the radar and avoid scrutiny.

People were all so terrified of Nygaard.

They were genuinely terrified.

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