3 men charged with possessing, trying to sell stolen handwritten manuscript for the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’

Three males have been arraigned Tuesday on prices they conspired to illegally possess and promote 100 pages of notes and lyrics from the Eagles album “Resort California,” together with Don Henley’s lyrics to the songs “Resort California,” “Life within the Quick Lane” and “New Child In City.”

A band biographer allegedly stole the handwritten manuscripts within the Nineteen Seventies and, in 2005, bought them to Glenn Horowitz, a uncommon books supplier and one of many three folks charged Tuesday.

Horowitz then bought them to Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski, in line with the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace.

The fees embody conspiracy, felony possession of stolen property and hindering prosecution.

“New York is a world-class hub for artwork and tradition, and people who deal cultural artifacts should scrupulously comply with the regulation. There isn’t a room for many who would search to disregard the essential expectations of honest dealing and undermine the general public’s confidence and belief in our cultural commerce for their very own ends,” Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg mentioned in a press release.

Henley filed police experiences upon studying that Inciardi and Kosinski have been attempting to promote components of the manuscripts. He additionally instructed them the supplies have been stolen and demanded they return his property.

Prosecutors say the defendants responded by participating in a yearslong marketing campaign to stop Henley from retrieving his manuscripts.

In a joint assertion, the legal professionals representing the three males — Jonathan Bach (representing Horowitz), Stacey Richman (representing Inciardi) and Antonia Apps (representing Kosinski) — mentioned they’d struggle the costs.

“The DA’s workplace alleges criminality the place none exists and unfairly tarnishes the reputations of well-respected professionals,” the legal professionals mentioned. “We are going to struggle these unjustified prices vigorously. These males are harmless.”

The lads additionally allegedly sought to promote the manuscripts by means of Christie’s and Sotheby’s public sale homes and requested that Sotheby’s cover Henley’s claims from potential patrons previous to providing the manuscripts on the market at public public sale in 2016.

The Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace retrieved Henley’s stolen manuscripts from Sotheby’s and from Kosinski’s New Jersey residence, together with 84 pages of songs from the album “Resort California.”

Horowitz allegedly tried to take advantage of the 2016 loss of life of founding Eagles member Glenn Frey to stop felony prosecution, claiming the fabric originated from Frey.

“[Frey] alas, is useless and figuring out him because the supply would make this go away as soon as and for all,” the indictment quoted an e-mail allegedly from Horowitz as saying.