Peter Nygård was born in Finland, but moved to Canada as a child. In 1999 he sued the Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius (internationally known as Linda Brava) for defamation after she had commented that he surrounded himself with "fake actors and nude women", a case that ended when she run out of money, and she had to settle with an apology in a Finnish newspaper.
Nygård had invited Linda to the US, and to be his guest at the Oscars, but instead it was a smaller party at his mansion, and instead of her staying at a hotel, she was staying at his house. Afterwards she commented about the party, and his behaviour, in an article and recommended other Finnish women to stay away from him, and that's why he sued her.
