Posted on 02/16/2024 3:57:59 PM PST by Libloather
A Manhattan judge has ruled that legendary Eagles singer Don Henley can be questioned over an incident in 1980 in which a 16-year-old prostitute suffered a drug overdose in his Los Angeles home.
The musician, 76, has accused memorabilia dealer Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski of stealing handwritten notes and lyrics for the Eagles' blockbuster 1976 album Hotel California.
All three have been accused of trying to sell the materials, worth more than $1million, and lying to auction houses, prospective buyers and cops about how they obtained them between March 2012 and December 2016.
Horowitz, 68, of Manhattan; Inciardi, 59 of Brooklyn, and Kosinski, 61, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and criminal possession charges, and Horowitz to an extra charge of hindering prosecution.
Attorneys for Kosinski will introduce a statement from 1981, seen by DailyMail.com, written and signed by singer Henley in which he admits to trying to have sex with the underage girl and that he shared cocaine with her before she overdosed.
Henley was arrested on November 21, 1980 after an ambulance was called to his home when a 16-year-old sex worker overdosed at his Los Angeles property.
He told a Santa Monica probation officer he was depressed as he had separated from a long term girlfriend, was involved in a jet crash near Colorado and 'despondent about waking up every morning, not knowing if my group, the Eagles, had broken up or not'.
The rock star said he called up a 'Madam' who he claims appeared to be 19 or 20 years old and he shared some cocaine with her.
'She told me that she was only a temporary call-girl until she paid off a $2000 cocaine debt in San Diego,' Henley wrote in the statement.
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Oh oh, the dirty laundry is coming out.
BS
Ironic that he sang “King of Hollywood”
Kick’em when they’re up.
I don’t love Don Henley as a person, but it might be hard to determine what happened 40 years ago.
“Sticks” is really a POS.
It happened. The record gurus covered it up.
Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind
She recently said that her song “Sara” is about one of the children she would have had with Don Henley. “Had I married Don and had that baby, and had she been a girl, I would have named her Sara.” —Stevie Nicks
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/bristolpalin/2015/01/stevie-nicks-says-song-sara-is-about-1-of-her-4-aborted-children/
Let’s be honest. The late 70s was such a decadent period. These girls would have done anything for fame. I read stories about Poison’s (the rock band) after-parties, how they would literally go through dozens of chicks and alcohol. Don Henley is one of the greatest singers of all time.
Let me see - celebrity icon in the music industry, drugs, hookers, theft, corruption, and associated bad actors - how many times have we heard this story before, merely with different characters.
She was hooking, do we need to ask for ID for that now, 44 years on.....SMH......
Yeah, not like today.
Don’t let haters bother you. The Eagles were better than the Beatles IMO. I liked the Fab Four, but I LOVED the Eagles music.
Actually during the 70s you still got held accountable. I mean it was wild but it wasn't criminal wild, out-and-out wild like today. I know, I still got the battle scars on back from multiple butt-whoopings my Mom gave me.
One of the greatest songwriters, perhaps, but one of the greatest singers?
I have to say, for most men, having a dead 16-year-old female of any description on your property would be a serious problem.
There are a few bands that make me immediately change the station. The Eagles are at the top of that list.
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