California’s beaches are public, but on the sands of Malibu, one billionaire has been accused of stealing a slice of paradise — or at least a few scoops of it — for himself.

A lawsuit filed last week alleges that Mark Attanasio, billionaire businessman and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, has been using excavators to dig up sand from Broad Beach and carry it back to his house as part of an ongoing construction project.

“This case is about a private property owner using a public beach as their own personal sandbox and the disturbing conversion of a public natural resource (i.e., sand from Broad Beach) for a nearby homeowner’s personal, private use,” the lawsuit says.

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[–] 107 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Whatever they fine him is just the cost of materials

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the fine should be a percentage of his net worth. 10% sounds healthy

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    10%?

    Minimum wage is $15080. A speeding ticket can be $209-$409. That’s 2%. He should be fined a percentage of of his wealth equal to (cost of his douchebaggery)/(minimum wage yearly)*100. Multiply by 10 for a fine

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    for this guy, 10% is at least $100,000,000.00 for this fine.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And he's still a billionaire who can do whatever the fuck he wants

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Start with the cost of reparing/fixing/whatevering the beach; then add a fine based on income. 10% of monthly income sounds about right for this.

    same with financial crimes. they seize any profits and then fin the shit out of them, based on their earnings for a given period.

    speeding tickets, same. monthly income percentage.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    I think it's only fair they fine him the maximum potential value of the materials.

    Sand made of silicon, which is used to make CPUs

    You can spend 25 grand on an intel Xeon weighing about 50g

    A scoop of sand is probably 50kg = 25 million

    How many scoops were taken?

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