By Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone || A judge has dismissed a wrongful prosecution lawsuit brought by a rare books dealer, who was previously accused of trying to sell stolen copies of handwritten Eagles lyrics.
Glenn Horowitz was one of three defendants in the criminal case last year, which prosecutors ultimately abandoned mid-trial after admitting new information had come to light and that their “confidence in the merits of this case” had faltered. Earlier this year, Horowitz filed a civil suit against the Eagles’ Don Henley and the band’s longtime manager, Irving Azoff, accusing them of malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and more.
But earlier this month, a New York State Supreme Court judge granted Henley and Azoff’s motion to dismiss the suit. Kathleen Waterman-Marshall said the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had “ample probable cause” to pursue a criminal case against Horowitz, noting that a grand jury had indicted him “based upon the DA’s independent and years-long investigation.”
Waterman-Marshall also referenced the document dump that led to the abandonment of the criminal trial. She noted that none of the documents “were found to exculpate” Horowitz, nor did their release “result from any bad faith conduct on the part of the defendants.”
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