The US construction magnate is currently embroiled in a battle with John Magnier over ownership of the 751-area estate in Co Tipperary which both want to support their growing bloodstock businesses.
Lawyers in the multi-million-euro legal clash over who gets to buy the 751-acre Barne Estate in the Golden Vale have been presenting their closing arguments to the judge.
On day 17 of the trial, New York-based building magnate Maurice Regan testified on bidding for Barne, his "dark force" label and why "all is fair in love and war".
Estate agent John Stokes felt US-based building magnate Maurice Regan acted like an "absolute pig" in the Barne Estate transaction but he denies that he felt bullied by him.
Barne Estate beneficiary Alexandra Thomson-Moore deleted a text referring to “MOR’s tantrum in New York” being a “million miles” removed from John Magnier’s “savvy but decent” behaviour, the court heard.
The hereditary owners of the 751-acre estate in the Golden Vale delayed finalising a contract with Coolmore boss John Magnier and sought to "wriggle out" of an exclusivity agreement with the bloodstock billionaire, the court has heard.
Richard Thomson-Moore, the hereditary heir of the Barne Estate, said he shook on a "price", not a deal, for the 751-acre property with the Coolmore boss John Magnier.
Anna Thomson-Moore has given evidence of borrowing to fund the litigation and how, with two young kids in a small community with press focus, the Coolmore proceedings have felt like an "onslaught".
Anna Thomson-Moore fought back tears as she told the court about her five-year-old son with cerebral palsy and why the family plans to move to Australia.
As John Magnier battles construction magnate Maurice Regan over the 751-acre Barne Estate, land registry records and planning files draw the first map of almost 11,000ac amassed in the Golden Vale by the family behind Coolmore.
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