An Oahu business owner has agreed to a court order to stay away from Kalaeloa Raceway Park operator George Grace III.
On Thursday in Honolulu District Court, Mark Aiwohi of Aiwohi Trucking agreed to the terms of a temporary restraining order for three years, although he continued to deny threatening Grace or having any part in the May 6 beating of Grace’s associate, environmental activist Carroll Cox.
"We have resolved the matter," Aiwohi’s attorney Michael Green said.
Green said Aiwohi denies allegations brought by Grace that Aiwohi went to his business May 7 and threatened to harm him and Grace’s sister, Sabrina Grace-Dereis.
Honolulu police continue to investigate the assault on Cox, which occurred while he was looking into alleged misuse of Department of Hawaiian Home Lands property.
Cox said he was taking photographs of a modular house from inside his car near Boxer Road in Kalaeloa when a masked man struck him on the head with an object that appeared to be a pipe and another masked man entered his vehicle from the passenger side and stole his car keys. Nine staples were required to close his head wound.
Cox said there was no proper authorization for the modular home, and it has been subsequently removed. According to the DHHL, Aiwohi had planned to seek a revocable permit for the modular home, and it was put there temporarily.
Cox, head of EnviroWatch, a nonprofit, said he doesn’t know who attacked him.
He further alleges that illegal dumping of calcium hydroxide used for paving roads has also occurred on nearby Hawaiian home lands.
After Thursday’s hearing Green said that when the attack occurred, Aiwohi was at his business in Kalaeloa and could see that some distance away someone was being beaten, but he didn’t know it was Cox and had no part in the assault.
In the police report attached to the temporary restraining order, Grace said Aiwohi went to his place of business and threatened to harm him unless Cox and Grace-Dereis backed off on their investigation.
