LOS ANGELES A spokeswoman for Peter Nygard says the Canadian clothing manufacturer plans to appeal a ruling in the Bahamas that found he violated a 2013 court order to stop dredging near his beachfront home. <\/p>\n
In a statement Wednesday, Sallie Hofmeister says Nygard and his associates \"respectfully disagree\" with the ruling, but they have paid the $50,000 fine handed down by the Bahamas Supreme Court. <\/p>\n
A lawyer for the environmental group Save the Bays, which brought the case against Nygard, released a statement Tuesday calling the court ruling \"an extraordinary triumph for environmental justice in the Bahamas.\" <\/p>\n
Fred Smith says Nygard has nearly doubled the size of his property over the years by digging up sand and placing it along his beachfront. <\/p>\n
However, Hofmeister says Nygard Holdings Ltd. was issued a permit authorizing the \"lawful removal of obstructions\" from a marina on the property. <\/p>\n
She says the permit was issued after the original court order, and the firm had no reason to believe it was invalid or issued without property authority. <\/p>\n
\"It remains our contention that the removal and stockpiling of sand from the Nygard Cay marina was carried out in good faith in full accordance with the conditions of a government-issued permit,\" Hofmeister says. <\/p>\n
She also says the company will challenge part of the judge's ruling that requires the company to move the stockpiled sand to a nearby beach. <\/p>\n
\"There was no evidence presented in court showing that any sand removed from Nygard Cays marina since the injunction had migrated from Jaws Beach,\" Hofmeister says. <\/p>\n
\"Therefore we believe there is no justification for requiring the sand to be moved to Jaws Beach.\" <\/p>\n
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