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Eatery that won't share space with ghosts sued Associated Press Friday, September 9, 2005
Orlando, Fla. --- The landlords of an Orlando entertainment complex are suing two restaurateurs for refusing to move into a building under renovation because they claim it is haunted.
Subcontractors working there and others have reported seeing ghosts or apparitions, said Lynn Franklin, attorney for the restaurant owners.
"It's very serious," Franklin said Thursday. "A lot of people are corroborating having seen incidents in this location."
The $2.6 million suit, filed last month by the owners of Church Street Station, says an exorcism was refused.
"I asked them if these were good ghosts or bad ghosts, and if they were good ghosts why it was a problem," said David Simmons, an attorney representing the building's owners.
Christopher and Yoko Chung, the owners of Amura Japanese Restaurant, had planned to move in last October but backed out of the lease.
Franklin said Christopher Chung's religious beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness required him to "avoid encountering or having any association with spirits or demons," and Chung also objected to the offer of an exorcism because it is a Roman Catholic rite not accepted by his faith.
The lawsuit asks a judge to decide whether the building is haunted and, if so, whether the ghosts would interfere with the restaurant's business. Renovations have stopped, and the building remains empty.
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Don't you find it amusing that a judge is seriously being asked to determine if the place is haunted? :eyes:
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