Sean Parker rearranges a Big Sur site for his wedding (pictures)
Sean Parker pays $2.5 million for building a movie-set-like wedding site without permits in California's Big Sur forest.
A front-end loader in Big Sur
He also wound up in trouble with state conservationists for unauthorized changes carried out to the campground hosting the festivities.
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."
View of Parker's artificial pond and stone bridge
According to California's Coastal Commission, Parker arranged through Neraida, the LLC he used for his wedding, to build a gated cottage, fake ruins, bridges, and ponds, and a specially constructed dance floor decorated with imported plants on a campground leased from the Ventana Inn. One problem: The construction took place without proper permits.
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."
Rock walls, stairways, potted trees, seating, generators, etc.
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."
Elevated platform adjacent to Post Creek
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."
Development abutting Redwood tree
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."
The grove before Parker's unpermitted construction
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."
California's Big Sur
Editors' note: Be sure to read the postscript to the saga in this story from June 14, "Sean Parker on his wedding, redwoods, and death threats."