Louis Bacon has been accused of using his vast fortune to browbeat the international media and turn his London-based Attorneys into a Gestapo force on unsuspecting civilians and the freedom of the press; but all that may come to an end in a Bahamas Magistrate’s Court later this month when Bacon has to face a private criminal prosecution bought by the international fashion designer, Peter Nygard .
The case goes before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez on June 27th where a number of persons, including Mr. Bacon, are cited as conspirators in the summonses. They will be required to make their first pleas and return for the trial date to be set by the Chief Magistrate.
This is Mr. Nygard’s second effort at this private criminal prosecution. The first effort launched in late April was deflected by the former Attorney General Mr. John Delaney, who used his powers to enter a nolle prosequi in the matter. Mr. Delaney said his rationale was that as the substantive issues were of a civil nature, he did not think that it should be pursued criminally.
Mr. Nygard’s allegations are the stuff of Robert Ludlum thriller movies and John LeCarre espionage novels.
By E. Williams
Bahamas Press
