Henley insisted that the 100 pages were taken from him, and after a New York court dismissed his criminal case against three men who were trying to sell the unfinished lyrics, he threatened to take legal action.
Daniel Petrocelli, Henley’s attorney, stated, “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.”
At first, Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi, and Edward Kosinski were accused of trying to sell manuscripts containing “developmental lyrics to the Eagles song.” They were charged with conspiracy in the fourth degree.
The current lawsuit states that the handwritten pages are still under the possession of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.
Prosecutors dismissed the criminal case in mid-trial in March, citing recently disclosed communications that defense attorneys claimed cast doubt on the impartiality of the trial. After testifying along with other prosecution witnesses, Henley reportedly chose last week to forgo attorney-client privilege, which is when the emails surfaced.
Through Henley’s representatives, News received a statement from Dan Petrocelli, the recently engaged attorney for Henley. The attorney-client privilege is a fundamental safeguard in our legal system that you should almost never have to give up in order to bring a case to trial or defend one. Mr. Henley, the victim in this instance, has once again suffered because of the unfair conclusion.
