'Gilligan's Island' harassment case ends with jail or community service for Bill Gross
An Orange County judge held billionaire Bill Gross and his wife in contempt of court Friday for once again blaring music that bothered their Laguna Beach neighbors — ordering them jailed for five days but then immediately suspending the sentence.
After a trial last December in which Knill ruled that the Grosses had harassed their neighbors in the tony Rockledge Beach neighborhood, the judge issued a three-year restraining order against the couple, who were married in April. She found that the couple had violated the restraining order one evening this past July by disturbing the peace with loud outdoor music.
Gross, 77, issued a written statement calling the sentence a “travesty of justice and a black mark on the Orange County judicial system.” The decision was the latest development in a feud that started in 2019, when Gross put a $1-million lawn sculpture by glass artistThe netting over the Dale Chihuly sculpture at the Gross property, as seen from his neighbor’s home.Towfiq, his next-door neighbor on a stretch of luxurious beachfront homes, complained that the 12-foot netting blocked his ocean view.
Towfiq over the summer filed court papers alleging that Gross violated the order on July 7. Towfiq said he and his wife were watching TV after 9 p.m. when they heard music coming from the billionaire’s property. Towfiq called Laguna Beach police, who responded to the scene but did not issue a citation; he asked the judge to fine the couple and sentence them to five days in jail.
In support of Towfiq’s allegation, his attorneys submitted videos from his iPhone, home security cameras and the body cameras of the two police officers who responded to the scene. Towfiq also alleged in court papers that his neighbors had left up sun umbrellas that blocked his view, similarly to the netting, and asked the judge to order them taken down.
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