Theft of manuscripts from the album “Hotel California”: the prosecution drops the charges, signaling the surprise end of the trial. Three men were accused of having acquired and then attempted to resell the manuscripts of the famous album at auction, even though they knew their dubious origin.
Judge Curtis Farber: “It is now clear that the two witnesses and their lawyers used this right to obscure and hide information that they believed was prejudicial to their position that the manuscripts had been stolen”