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By City News Service
Dec 23, 2020
SANTA ANA (CNS) - A judge today granted a three-year restraining order to keep billionaire “bond king Bill Gross from harassing his Laguna Beach neighbor by blasting backyard music, in the latest development in a dispute that erupted when the neighbor filed a complaint against Gross for erecting netting around an outdoor art installation that the neighbor said blocked his view.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Knill cited the testimony of Gross own noise expert in supporting her opinion that the music, such as repeated playing of TV theme show songs like “Gilligan s Island, had a traumatizing impact on Mark Towfiq and his wife.
Billionaire investor harassed neighbor by playing ‘Gilligan’s Island’ theme song nonstop: judge
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Bill Gross, left, and partner Amy Schwartz depart after a court hearing in Santa Ana, California, on Dec. 7, 2020. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)TNS
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LOS ANGELES An Orange County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ruled that billionaire bond investor Bill Gross and his girlfriend harassed their neighbors with loud music, including the theme song to the classic TV show “Gilligan’s Island,” in a dispute over a $1 million outdoor lawn sculpture.
Judge Kimberly Knill also ruled that Gross had failed to prove that his Laguna Beach neighbor, Mark Towfiq, had invaded his privacy.
Bill Gross and his partner claimed it was only their love of “Gilligan’s Island” that prompted them to play the show’s theme song on repeat, but an Orange County judge had another take Wednesday, ruling that blaring the song on repeat constituted a form of harassment.
Bringing to an end a high-profile trial that stemmed from complaints over an ornate lawn sculpture, Superior Court Judge Kimberly Knill ordered the billionaire bond investor and his partner, Amy Schwartz, to not violate the noise provisions of the Laguna Beach municipal code or play music on their outdoor speakers when they are not in the yard or pool area of their seaside estate.