Mr Ness also denies the murder of Christopher Brown.
Jeremy Wariner, who won gold in the 400 four days earlier, held off Christopher Brown of the Bahamas on the anchor leg.
The victim, the cattery owner Christopher Brown, also suffered cuts and burns.
Christopher Brown of the National Gallery in London said the large Goya was also "extremely important."
The farm, owned by Christopher Brown, was the last commercial breeder of cats for laboratories in the United Kingdom.
The campaign was controversial, and included acts and threats of violence against Christopher Brown.
Christopher Brown said that he had not sprayed the verge and that his farm did not use dimethoate.
Christopher Brown of Bristol 24-7 described this as the first time the group had "hosted an event of this importance to the global movement."
Christopher Brown, 37, faces a count of handling the stolen books and of possessing an illegal weapon.
"The level to which the current discussion has dropped is an embarrassment to our industry," said Christopher Brown, a market development manager at Sensormatic.