Overview
- New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall granted Henley and Azoff’s motion to dismiss earlier this month.
- The ruling said the Manhattan DA had ample probable cause, noting a grand jury indictment followed an independent, years-long investigation.
- The judge said documents that derailed the 2024 criminal trial did not exculpate Horowitz and did not reflect bad faith by Henley or Azoff.
- Horowitz will appeal the dismissal and is pursuing a separate malicious prosecution claim against the city of New York.
- Henley continues a civil case to reclaim the handwritten lyric sheets, which remain in the Manhattan DA’s custody after the criminal case was abandoned.