"The beach battle erupted two years ago when Attanasio's next-door neighbor, billionaire James Kohlberg, sued him over the work. Kohlberg's father co-founded global investment giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR)."

So he would have gotten away with it if his neighbor didn't sue him. Just goes to show you how much these fucks do get away with and sometimes we get lucky and they snitch on each other. Billionaires are a fucking scourge on this country.

You cannot fight the ocean. The ocean will always win. Erosion will always win. No matter how many billions of dollars you have.

Another "cost of doing business" rape by the billionaire class. Why get permission when you can pay a relative pittance of a fine?

just the cost of business.

stop allowing them to pay damages and start making them serve hard time.

Why is Stole in quotes? It implies he didn't steal sand from a public beach for his own piece of shit house in Malibu.