ToplineA New Jersey golf club owned by Donald Trump has agreed to pay a $400,000 penalty over a 2015 case involving a customer who caused a car wreck that killed his father after being served too much alcohol at the ex-president’s club, according to settlement documents released Wednesday. Patrons play the links as the Whitestone Bridge looms in the distance at Trump Golf Links at Ferry ... [+] Point in the Bronx borough of New York on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. After leaving the course, Halder flipped his car on a highway on-ramp, causing his father to be fatally ejected from the vehicle; he has since pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and received three years of probation. The $400,000 penalty is a compromise between the Colts Neck club and the state, which had originally asked for the club’s liquor license to be revoked over the incident. In addition to the Colts Neck location, the president also has another golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Source: Forbes July 07, 2021 17:03 UTC