This afternoon, Andrew Ferguson and Premal Dharia, attorneys for Vasile Graure—accused of alighting Glover Park strip club Good Guys last year—-cross-examined Good Guys employee Kathleen Lazorchack, the only manager on duty the night of the fire.

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Kathleen Lazorchack, 39, has been working at Good Guys for 16 years. She had just started her shift— waiting tables—on the evening of Nov. 4 3, 2007 when the place burst into flames. She took the stand today in the trial of Vasile Graure, the man accused of igniting the fire last year.

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Vasile Graure is accused of lighting a fire in Glover Park strip club Good Guys in November of last year. The trial, which began on Monday, continued this morning with the testimony of Gloria Anez, a witness called by the prosecution.

Anez, 37, is married to Vladimir Djordjevic, a manager bartender of the club. Djordjevic suffered second and third degree burns in the blaze. Anez had been married to Djordjevic just three months before the incident. Through tears, Anez described what happened to her on the night of November 4 3, 2007.

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On Nov. 4, 2007, a man was kicked out of Glover Park’s Good Guys strip club for taking photos of the strippers with his cell phone. He left, but returned with a lighter and gasoline and set the club’s manager on fire. Two days later, police and U.S. Marshalls found their suspect, Vasile Graure, in a hotel room at Alexandria’s Days Inn. He was charged with assault with intent to kill eight people—the manager, who suffered second and third degree burns, and seven others inside the club.

One year later, the 38-year-old Romanian citizen, a Phoenix resident, is being tried in D.C. Superior Court. Opening statements in the case began on Monday; I’ll be at the trial all day today, posting updates of the proceedings as they happen.