Overview

• Belford’s complaint filed in Nantucket Superior Court accuses Jonathan Jacoby of negligence, property damage, personal injury and trespass after he allegedly cut down 16 cedar, cherry and Leyland cypress trees on Feb. 22.
• Court filings place the cost of restoration and replacement at more than $486,000, including over $22,000 to purchase and transport a single 30-foot Leyland cypress.
• Jacoby listed his home at 3 Tautemo Way for nearly $10 million in May, prominently advertising its “sweeping view of the Atlantic Ocean” that was missing from earlier marketing.
• A voluntary statement from Jacoby’s former landscaper says Jacoby claimed permission to remove the trees, but Belford’s property manager maintains no authorization was granted.
• The Nantucket Police Department continues a parallel criminal investigation into the tree cutting as the civil lawsuit proceeds.