Donald Trump’s golf course loses legal fight in sand dune urination case

Rambler is suing after being photographed squatting down in the dunes.

Donald Trump's International Golf Links course clubhouse | Michal Wachucik/AFP via Getty

Lawyers for Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course suffered a blow Thursday when a court dismissed their attempt to block the release of evidence in a privacy case, the Guardian reported.

Trump International Golf Course Scotland is being sued by a rambler, Rohan Beyts, who was secretly photographed urinating in sand dunes on the edge of the course in Aberdeenshire. The golf course complained to police that she had broken decency laws, charges that were later dropped.

But Beyts, a retired social worker, said the resort breached the Data Protection Act by taking photos of her. Her solicitor has asked Trump International Golf Course Scotland to pay her £3,000 in damages.

On Thursday, an Edinburgh court ruled that police witness statements from the staff who took the photos could be used as evidence, against the Trump legal team’s wishes.

Beyts says Aberdeenshire police told her the golf course had photographic evidence of her ducking down in the dunes, implying that the company either showed the images to police or told police the images existed. The Trump course’s lawyers say the employees did take photographs of Beyts but did so without the company’s approval.

The case is due to be heard in April.

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