Don Henley desires his stuff again. He is filed go well with asking for the return of handwritten ’70s-era Eagles lyrics that have been the topic of a latest felony trial.
“These 100 pages of non-public lyric sheets belong to Mr. Henley and his household, and he has by no means approved defendants or anybody else to hawk them for revenue,” lawyer Daniel Petrocelli stated in an official assertion.
Prices in opposition to memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski and former Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame curator Craig Inciardi have been dropped again in March. Uncommon ebook seller Glenn Horowitz additionally confronted a felony grievance however will not be named in Henley’s new authorized motion.
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“Don Henley filed go well with right now in a New York federal court docket for return of property that was stolen from him — his personal handwritten notes and lyrics to the enduring songs from the Lodge California album,” Petrocelli stated.
Inciardi, Kosinki and Horowitz have been charged with conspiring to own stolen property along with an tried public sale of the lyric sheets. They have been valued at greater than $700,000 through the court docket case. The fabric was initially acquired from author Ed Sanders, who’d been given the lyrics a long time in the past whereas researching a ebook he by no means accomplished.
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The New York District Lawyer’s Workplace saved the Eagles lyrics in its custody following the felony continuing as officers tried to type out their rightful possession.
“As a result of Kosinski and Inciardi have wrongly claimed possession of Henley’s lyric sheets,” the lawsuit argues, “a declaration from this court docket that Henley is the lawful proprietor is required to produce ‘passable proof of his title’ and facilitate the [district attorney’s] return of Henley’s lyric sheets to Henley.”
Henley “calls for a jury trial for all points so triable,” his legal professionals added. Eagles are set to start a residency at Sphere in Las Vegas three months from now, after extending the dates earlier this week.
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