The Grammy winner was taken before a Manhattan court by the estate of iconic R&B musician Marvin Gaye over claimed plagiarism of the posthumous 1973 single ‘Let’s Get It On.’Information Guide Nigeria
On May 3, 2023, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ruled a jury should consider if the hit creator is accountable to the estate of Marvin Gaye and the heirs of late producer Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the song with Gaye.
Ed Sheeran denied any wrongdoing and even stated that if he is found guilty by the jury, he will leave music.
Sony/ATV song Publishing and Atlantic Records, through which the song was released, were also named as defendants in the dispute.NYSC Portal
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On May 4, 2023, a jury declared him not guilty of plagiarizing a Marvin Gaye record in his international mega hit “Thinking Out Loud.”JAMB Result
Ed Sheeran will now avoid the fate of Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, who were ordered by a US court to pay the Marvin Gaye estate $5 million for plagiarizing the deceased in their chart-topping hit ‘Blurred Lines’.
Fans will also be relieved to find that the British megastar is not planning to retire from music anytime soon.
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