Eagles singer Don Henley is in search of the return of his handwritten notes and music lyrics from the band’s iconic Resort California album, in response to a lawsuit filed Friday in New York.
The federal courtroom civil grievance is the second try to assert the paperwork. In March, prosecutors dropped felony fees halfway via a trial in opposition to three collectibles consultants accused of attempting to promote the gadgets.
Henley claims the pages have been stolen. He stated he would pursue a civil treatment when the felony case was dropped in opposition to uncommon books supplier Glenn Horowitz, former Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, and rock memorabilia vendor Edward Kosinski.
Resort California was launched by the Eagles in 1977 and is the third-biggest promoting album of all time within the U.S.
“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,” Daniel Petrocelli, Henley’s lawyer, stated in an emailed assertion Friday to the Related Press..
Kosinski and Inciardi’s attorneys dismissed the authorized motion as baseless, noting the felony case was dropped after it was decided that Henley misled prosecutors by withholding vital data.
“Don Henley is determined to rewrite historical past,” Shawn Crowley, Kosinski’s lawyer, stated in an emailed assertion. “We look ahead to litigating this case and bringing a lawsuit in opposition to Henley to carry him accountable for his repeated lies and misuse of the justice system.”
Inciardi’s lawyer, Stacey Richman, stated in a separate assertion that the lawsuit makes an attempt to “bully” and “perpetuate a false narrative.”
A lawyer for Horowitz didn’t reply to an electronic mail in search of remark.
Related Press contributed to this report.
