Then, she said, he took her upstairs and raped her. Drawn by the money and promise of modeling gigs, she later returned, recruiting other women, she said. Tamika Ferguson found her way to Nygard Cay in after being kicked out of high school.Īn orphan from a poor neighborhood, she said a D. She drank too much and ended up in a bathroom barefoot in her bikini, she said. Nygard steered her upstairs and raped her.įerguson said she returned multiple times and had sex with Mr. She gave The Times two photographs of herself at Nygard Cay three people - a former Nygard girlfriend, an ex-employee and a guest - said they remembered her there. Nygard had insisted that Louis Bacon paid people to lie about him. But his team created vulnerabilities, giving money and gifts to witnesses and accusers in the Bahamas, The Times found. Bacon and his brother said they were unaware of any gifts and payments, and expressed confidence in Mr. The Bahamian lawyers and investigators were not paid by the Bacons directly. Instead, they were paid by a nonprofit Mr. Smith created, called Sanctuary, to support sexual assault victims both he and Mr. Smith compensated two witnesses who found alleged victims: Litira Fox, a former girlfriend of Mr.
