“I believed it was safe,” the Ghost Ship's founder said. “I was told it was safe.”
Almena’s testimony may last all week, Serra said. He spent much of Monday highlighting Almena’s background as a photographer and self-described minister to at-risk youth. Almena told the downtown Oakland courtroom that he created the Ghost Ship as an attempt to provide a public service to the city’s artist community. Gatherings at the Ghost Ship were “necessary current events … the lifeblood of our community,” he said.
“I just don’t believe him,” Gregory, who has attended every moment of the trial, said outside the courtroom. Ng has never been charged and has repeatedly declined to comment. She has been named in numerous negligence lawsuits brought by relatives of the victims. In court Monday, Almena said Ng “tricked” him into leasing a property without proper plumbing or electricity and said he did his best to make the warehouse function despite her repeated refusals to fund improvements to the building.
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