I never gave away draft lyrics of Hotel California, Eagles singer tells trial

Group co-founder Don Henley has been giving evidence at the trial of three men accused of stealing the handwritten lyrics to some Eagles songs (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Don Henley said on Monday that he never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to Hotel California and other Eagles hits.

He called them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an ugly but unrelated episode: his 1980 arrest.