LED ZEPPELIN - Judge Asked To Order JIMMY PAGE And ROBERT PLANT To Attend ”Stairway To Heaven" Trial
May 18, 2016, 8 years ago
Los Angeles federal judge R. Gary Klausner recently delayed the trial of a copyright-infringement lawsuit involving Led Zeppelin’s iconic rock anthem “Stairway To Heaven” until June 14th. Led Zeppelin are accused of ripping off Randy California’s 1968 instrumental "Taurus" to create their hit song.
According to Billboard, with time ticking towards the June 14 trial in a California federal courthouse, the plaintiff is demanding that a judge order Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant show up to testify.
On Tuesday, plaintiff's attorney Francis Alexander brought a motion to compel attendance with the penalty for a no-show being a default and the jury being instructed to draw a negative inference from their failure to appear. According to Alexander, Page and Plant's "refusal to specify if they will appear is causing havoc."
Page and Plant may indeed be showing up voluntarily anyway. In an email to Alexander sent on May 6th, Led Zeppelin's attorneys wrote, "We have previously made it clear that Messrs. Page and Plant will attend the trial, but with them coming from England we cannot guarantee the day they will arrive."
Read the full story at Billboard.com.
