Eagles’ Don Henley sues for handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics to be returned
nypost.comThe Associated Press.Henley maintained the 100 pages were stolen from him, and vowed to pursue legal action in March when his criminal case against three men attempting to sell the developmental lyrics was dropped by a New York court.“These 100 pages of personal lyric sheets belong to Mr.
Henley and his family, and he has never authorized defendants or anyone else to peddle them for profit,” Henley’s lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, said.Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski, were initially charged with conspiracy in the fourth degree for allegedly attempting to sell manuscripts which included “developmental lyrics to the Eagles song ‘Hotel California,'” according to the original indictment filed by the New York District Attorney’s office in 2022.The handwritten pages remain in the custody of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, according to the new lawsuit.In March, prosecutors dropped the criminal case mid-trial citing newly available emails that defense lawyers said raised questions about the trial’s fairness.
The emails emerged when Henley apparently decided last week to waive attorney-client privilege, after he and other prosecution witnesses had already testified.
Dan Petrocelli, Henley’s newly hired attorney, told Fox News Digital in a statement via Henley’s representatives, “The attorney-client privilege is a foundational guardrail in our justice system, and rarely, if ever, should you have to forsake it to prosecute or defend a case.
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