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LOS ANGELES : A couple in Malibu has filed a complaint against their neighbour, rock icon Bob Dylan, for permanently placing a foul smelling portable toilet next to the property line they share with him.
Dylan, 67, has ignored the pleas of his neighbours, David and Cindy Emminger, to deal with the problem for more than six months. The outdoor portable toilet is used by the guards on Dylan’s compound.
The Emmingers said Dylan rented a "toxic, hazardous, carcinogenic chemical toilet", and "plopped it down next to their home". The toilet spews horrible chemical odours into their home, the couple said.
"It’s a scandal – 'Mr Civil Rights' is killing our civil rights," said David Emminger.
Emminger and his wife installed five industrial-sized fans in their yard in a desperate attempt to blow the stench away from their house and back at Dylan.
However, to their dismay, the fans failed to achieve their purpose as the ocean breeze that sweeps across the singer’s land is still much stronger.
A helicopter from a local television station hovered over Dylan's property this week, capturing a video of the offending toilet.
Despite the many complaints from the Emmingers, Malibu Mayor Andy Stern said that the other neighbours do not seem to be facing any problems and has left the issue to the enforcers of the city’s code on objectionable odours.
"I really have not involved myself in Bob Dylan's toilet, and by the way I haven't involved myself in anyone else's toilet in Malibu," said Stern.
Dylan is set to release his 33rd studio album, "Together Through Life", his first in three years, on April 28. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Dylan has churned out hits like "Like a Rolling Stone", "All Along the Watchtower" and "Blowin' In the Wind".
- CNA/ap
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