{"id":131438,"date":"2020-12-11T20:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-gross-goads-neighbor-with-500k-donation-amid-feud\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T20:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:47:58","slug":"bill-gross-goads-neighbor-with-500k-donation-amid-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-gross-goads-neighbor-with-500k-donation-amid-feud\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill Gross goads neighbor with $500K donation amid feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bill Gross goads neighbor with $500K donation amid feud<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Billionaire Bill Gross donated half a million dollars to charity in an app<\/a>arent effort to claim the moral high ground in a bitter feud with his southern California neighbor.<\/p>\n

The retired bond king said he\u2019s made good on his pledge to give away the amount of money he expects to spend on his ongoing legal battle with tech entrepreneur Mark Towfiq, a bizarre saga involving a glass sculpture, surveillance cameras and old sitcom theme songs.<\/p>\n

Gross, 76, suggested this week that he and Towfiq set aside their differences, drop their dueling lawsuits and donate their projected legal costs to charity \u2014 a proposal Towfiq\u2019s lawyer quickly rebuffed as an \u201cattempt to spin the media<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Gross \u2014 who\u2019s worth $1.5 billion, according to Forbes<\/a> \u2014 said he gave $500,000 to several local charities anyway while doubling down on his demand that Towfiq join him.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving money to people in need, who welcomed the unexpected donations with tears and cheers, is far more satisfying to me than spending it on lawyers,\u201d Gross said in a Thursday statement<\/a>. \u201cIf Mr. Towfiq has enough money to provide his lawyers, he can certainly afford to help others in desperate need.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mark Towfiq (R) and wife Carol Nakahara <\/figcaption>
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Gross doled out the money in increments ranging from $40,000 to $100,000 to nine different organizations, including the Orange County Rescue Mission, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Laguna Beach Community Clinic, a spokesman for Gross said.<\/p>\n

Towfiq\u2019s attorneys didn\u2019t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Friday. But one of his lawyers, Jennifer Keller, previously blasted Gross\u2019 offer, saying the PIMCO founder was just trying to avoid testifying in the court case.<\/p>\n

Gross\u2019 appearance on the stand was reportedly delayed this week after he and his girlfriend, Amy Schwartz, were exposed to people who tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Gross and Towfiq have been embroiled in the nasty spat since Towfiq complained to local authorities about a protective net that Gross had installed over a glass sculpture on his Laguna Beach property.<\/p>\n

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A dispute over an outdoor glass sculpture, above, at a Laguna Beach home owned by Bill Gross and his partner has escalated with neighbor Mark Towfiq and his wife, with both sides calling police and filing legal actions.<\/figcaption>
Bill Gross and Amy Schwartz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Towfiq has alleged that\u00a0Gross blasted loud music from his house\u00a0\u2014 including the \u201cGilligan\u2019s Island\u201d theme song \u2014 to pressure him into dropping the complaint. Gross, in turn, has claimed Towfiq is a \u201cpeeping tom\u201d obsessed with him and Schwartz and that he\u2019d spied on the couple for more than a year.<\/p>\n

One of Gross\u2019 lawyers, Rory Miller, argued in court on Thursday that it wouldn\u2019t make sense for him to blare loud music at his neighbor because he has Asperger\u2019s syndrome, and people who have the condition get \u201cparticularly distressed by loud noises,\u201d according to Bloomberg News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Towfiq lawyer Chase Skolnick reportedly shot back that the argument \u201cwas a bit of a stretch\u201d because Gross allegedly was inside his house with the door closed while the music played outside.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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