Each of the neighbors claimed they were the victim of the others’ harassment.
Gross’s lawyer Patricia Glaser accused Towfiq and Nakahara of weaponizing the judge’s December order, while Amy Gross testified she feared going into her own backyard.
“I couldn’t have my wedding reception there,” Amy Gross, who married Bill at their home in Indian Wells in April, told the judge. “I couldn’t have my birthday there.”
Bill Gross testified his ongoing feud with the neighbor has him feeling like he’s in prison, but vowed he wasn’t going to be forced out of the house.
But Nakahara said she felt helpless because neither the judge’s December order, or calling police, has changed the Grosses’ behavior.
“What else are we supposed to do?” she asked the judge.
The judge said she will stay the contempt order for 30 days, to give the Grosses a chance to appeal.
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