Don Henley filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the return of his handwritten lyrics to the critically acclaimed hit, “Hotel California,” according to The Affiliated Press.
Henley managed the 100 web pages were being stolen from him, and vowed to go after authorized action in March when his prison situation from a few gentlemen making an attempt to market the developmental lyrics was dropped by a New York courtroom.
“These 100 web pages of personalized lyric sheets belong to Mr. Henley and his loved ones, and he has in no way authorized defendants or everyone else to peddle them for financial gain,” Henley’s attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, mentioned.
Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski, have been at first charged with conspiracy in the fourth diploma for allegedly attempting to offer manuscripts which integrated “developmental lyrics to the Eagles tune ‘Hotel California,’” in accordance to the initial indictment submitted by the New York District Attorney’s office in 2022.
The handwritten web pages remain in the custody of Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg’s business, in accordance to the new lawsuit.
In March, prosecutors dropped the felony circumstance mid-trial citing newly accessible e-mail that defense lawyers explained lifted inquiries about the trial’s fairness. The e-mail emerged when Henley evidently made the decision past 7 days to waive lawyer-customer privilege, just after he and other prosecution witnesses experienced by now testified.
Dan Petrocelli, Henley’s freshly hired lawyer, instructed Fox Information Digital in a statement by way of Henley’s representatives, “The lawyer-shopper privilege is a foundational guardrail in our justice procedure, and hardly ever, if at any time, must you have to forsake it to prosecute or defend a case. As the victim in this case, Mr. Henley has when all over again been victimized by this unjust final result. He will pursue all his legal rights in the civil courts.”
The manuscripts are collectively valued at in excess of $1 million, according to the district legal professional.
A long time back, Ed Sanders allegedly stole notepads from The Eagles while functioning on an licensed guide about the band in the ’70s. The biography was in no way released, but Sanders reportedly held the handwritten function and later on marketed the webpages to Horowitz, a uncommon-e-book vendor, for $50,000.
Horowitz then sold pages to Inciardi, a former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator, and memorabilia collector Kosinski. Inciardi and Kosinski tried to offer pages of the lyrics as a result of Kosinski’s company, Gotta Have Rock and Roll, but were caught by Henley in 2012.
Henley then ordered the “original handwritten lyrics for the Eagles tune ‘Hotel California’ created in Don Henley’s hand,” for $8,500 on April 25, 2012, according to the indictment.
Two decades afterwards, Koskinski attempted to make contact with Sotheby’s and market “Eagles handwritten lyrics in Don Henley [sic] hand for New Kid In Town.” Shortly after, Inciardi sent a identical e mail notifying the auction residence that developmental lyrics for “Life in the Fast Lane” had been also offered for sale.
“When Don Henley discovered that Inciardi and Kosinski ended up attempting to provide portions of the manuscripts, he filed law enforcement studies, informed the defendants that the materials have been stolen, and demanded the return of his house,” Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., explained in a assertion produced with the prices in 2022.
“Rather than creating any effort and hard work to assure they actually had rightful ownership, the defendants responded by engaging in a yrs-very long campaign to stop Henley from recovering the manuscripts.”
During 2015, Kosinski and Inciardi ongoing their tries to provide 13 webpages of developmental lyrics to “Hotel California.” In December 2016, the DA’s office environment executed research warrants and retrieved Henley’s stolen manuscripts from both Sotheby’s and Kosinski’s New Jersey home, according to the DA.
“Shortly thereafter, Horowitz tried to exploit the new demise of founding Eagles member Glenn Frey to prevent felony prosecution he developed a new fake assertion of provenance, this time declaring that the supplies originated from the now-deceased Frey,” the DA shared in a statement. “In just one e-mail message, Horowitz observed that “[Frey] alas, is dead and figuring out him as the resource would make this go away the moment and for all.”
