Gov. Phil Murphy has given the thumbs up for gyms to fully open starting Sept. 1 — and that includes the gym that's made national headlines for defying the governor.
Atilis Gym in EHT — owned by a different individual than the franchisees in Bellmawr who've seen national media attention for repeatedly defying Gov. Murphy's orders shutting gyms — was also caught operating illegally last week, police say.
After warning a pair of defiant gym owners not to play games, a judge on Friday found the Atilis Gym of Bellmawr in contempt of court and granted the state permission to lock or barricade the gym.
A gym in Bellmawr has been given another chance to follow New Jersey's COVID-19 restrictions as a judge Monday denied the state a new court order to lock the owners out for a second time.
The legal battle between state officials and a gym in Bellmawr that has defiantly opened its doors against New Jersey's pandemic restrictions has reached another round.
A federal judge has declined to allow a Bellmawr gym to reopen as it continues a constitutional challenge to the state order that shut down businesses deemed non-essential in order to help stem the spread of COVID-19.