Maui Land & Pineapple is accusing Japanese billionaire Tadashi Yanai of watering golf courses with water meant to be used for West Maui fire protection

Uniqlo clothing brand founder Tadashi Yanai improperly watered his golf courses with water meant to help fight Maui wildfires during a severe drought, Maui Land & Pineapple Co. alleges in a searing rebuttal to a suit filed by Yanai in August.

The suit from Yanai’s Honolulu-based TY Management accuses Maui Land & Pineapple breached an agreement to provide water to the golf courses , which Yanai bought from Maui Land & Pineapple in 2009 and 2010. Yanai’s suit also argues that Maui Land & Pineapple failed to properly maintain a century-old irrigation system that provides water to the courses.

Maui Land & Pineapple denied those accusations

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