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By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt testified on Friday that safety was a top priority at the stadium and he denied responsibility for any gaps in security that lead to the brutal beating of a baseball fan on opening day in 2011. Bryan Stow suffered a skull fracture and brain damage when he was attacked by two men in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium following a game against their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. He told the court during more than an hour of testimony that fan safety had been a top priority during his stewardship. Asked by Stow's attorney if he were aware that there was a 35-minute delay in security personnel responding to the attack, McCourt said such a lapse would be excusable if the officers were busy with another incident but not if they were "taking a longer coffee break, not doing what they were supposed to be doing." Stow's attackers, Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, pleaded guilty in February to felony charges in connection with the beating, which left Stow in a medically induced coma for months and prompted calls to address violence tied to sports rivalries.
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