Ghosts halt restaurant deal
September 9, 2005
ORLANDO -- The landlords of an entertainment complex are suing two restaurateurs for refusing to move into a building because they say it's haunted.
People who worked at the building have reported seeing ghosts or apparitions, said Lynn Franklin, attorney for the restaurateurs. "It's very serious," he said Thursday.
The lawsuit filed by owners of the Church Street Station says an offer of 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 for the building's owners.
Christopher and Yoko Chung, the owners of Amura Japanese Restaurant, 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."
By the Associated Press