The indictment contains emails about the scheme, including the suggestion to pretend the Eagles singer was connected to the hit.
The New York Prosecutor’s Office has charged three people with stealing and trying to sell around 100 documents from the American group Eagles. The district attorney of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, has explained that the materials include the lyrics of ‘Hotel California’, ‘Life in the Fast Lane’, ‘New Kid In Town’, among others.
Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski are the names of those accused of trying to sell the material worth more than a million dollars, and lying to auction houses and potential buyers about how they obtained it. All of them have pleaded not guilty to criminal conspiracy and possession and, in Horowitz’s case, to tampering with the trial.
Attorneys for the defendants said in a joint statement that Bragg’s office, the prosecutor, “alleges criminality where it does not exist and unfairly tarnishes the reputation of highly respected professionals.” “We will vigorously fight these unjustified charges. These men are innocent », he explained.
The prosecution has explained that a possible Eagles biographer stole the materials in the late 1970s and sold them to Horowitz, a book dealer, in 2005. Horowitz allegedly sold the materials to Inciardi and Kosinski, who in turn They once tried to sell them at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, forcing Don Henley, a member of the historic gang, to buy them back.
The indictment contains dozens of emails about the defendants’ alleged 7 1/2-year plan, including Horowitz’s suggestion that he pretend Eagles singer Glenn Frey had given him the stolen lyrics. “Frey is dead and identifying him as a source would make this go away once and for all,” Horowitz allegedly wrote in February 2017, 13 months after the singer’s death.
In a statement, Eagles manager Irving Azoff explained that no one has the right to profit from the “total theft of irreplaceable pieces of music history.” “We look forward to the return of Don’s property,” he said.
The song ‘Hotel California’ is known for its lyrics that Henley says describe American excess, and features a long guitar outing from Don Felder and Joe Walsh. It won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Recording of the Year.
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