Smith created, called Sanctuary, to support sexual assault victims both he and Mr. Instead, they were paid by a nonprofit Mr. The Bahamian lawyers and investigators were not paid by the Bacons directly. Bacon and his brother said they were unaware of any gifts and payments, and expressed confidence in Mr. But his team created vulnerabilities, giving money and gifts to witnesses and accusers in the Bahamas, The Times found. Nygard had insisted that Louis Bacon paid people to lie about him. 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 steered her upstairs and raped her.įerguson said she returned multiple times and had sex with Mr. She drank too much and ended up in a bathroom barefoot in her bikini, 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. Drawn by the money and promise of modeling gigs, she later returned, recruiting other women, she said. Then, she said, he took her upstairs and raped her. Later, she recalled, she swallowed pills Mr.
