Gym Owners Who Racked Up $1.2 Million in Fines for Defying Lockdowns Go Viral

Governor Murphy has thrown everything he possibly could to shut us down. He has arrested my partner and I, given us over 60 citations, some of them criminal. He fines us $15,497.76 per day for every day we're in operation," New Jersey gym owner Ian Smith said in a recent interview.

Still, the gym owners are showing no signs of backing down.