Handwritten lyrics to songs from the 1976 multi-platinum selling album “Hotel California,” the fifth studio album from the classic rock band the Eagles, are at the center of a peculiar criminal case that got underway in a New York courtroom on Wednesday.
The three defendants—rare-books dealer Glenn Horowitz, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski—are accused of conspiracy and criminal possession of stolen property, which includes 13 pages of allegedly stolen draft lyrics to the Eagles’ hit song “Hotel California,” valued at more than $1 million, according to court documents.
