Don Henley needs 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 current prison trial.
“These 100 pages of private 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.
Fees towards memorabilia vendor Edward Kosinski and former Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame curator Craig Inciardi have been dropped again in March. Uncommon guide vendor Glenn Horowitz additionally confronted a prison grievance however will not be named in Henley’s new authorized motion.
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“Don Henley filed go well with in the present day in a New York federal courtroom for return of property that was stolen from him — his non-public handwritten notes and lyrics to the long-lasting songs from the Resort California album,” Petrocelli stated.
Inciardi, Kosinki and Horowitz have been charged with conspiring to own stolen property together with an tried public sale of the lyric sheets. They have been valued at greater than $700,000 throughout the courtroom case. The fabric was initially acquired from author Ed Sanders, who’d been given the lyrics many years in the past whereas researching a guide he by no means accomplished.
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The New York District Legal professional’s Workplace stored the Eagles lyrics in its custody following the prison continuing as officers tried to kind 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 courtroom that Henley is the lawful proprietor is required to provide ‘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 attorneys 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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