{"id":61727,"date":"2023-04-27T12:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/27\/ed-sheeran-copyright-trial-plaintiff-collapses-during-cross-examination\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:21:50","slug":"ed-sheeran-copyright-trial-plaintiff-collapses-during-cross-examination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/27\/ed-sheeran-copyright-trial-plaintiff-collapses-during-cross-examination\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Copyright Trial: Plaintiff collapses during cross-examination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ed-Sheeran.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The copyright lawsuit against\u00a0Ed Sheeran\u00a0was interrupted in dramatic fashion when the plaintiff in the case,\u00a0Kathryn Townsend Griffin, collapsed and had to be taken out of court.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit against Sheeran\u00a0alleges that the singer lifted portions\u00a0of Marvin Gaye\u2019s iconic song \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d to use in his song \u201cThinking Out Loud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case was on its second day of testimony when Griffin became ill as one of her expert witnesses, a musicologist, was under cross-examination.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 4:15 p.m., Griffin \u2014 the daughter of \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d co-writer Ed Griffin \u2014 began to suffer from a medical emergency, as her eyes closed and her legs buckled. Lawyers from both sides helped to lift her out of the courtroom and into chambers to receive medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>A nurse attended to Griffin, who was transported out of the courthouse in a wheelchair and taken to the hospital. According to her attorneys, Griffin has a pre-existing medical condition which may have caused her collapse.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, the presiding judge decided to continue with the cross-examination and adjourned for the day at some 45 minutes later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>An eyewitness tells ET, \u201cEd turned around as she was being carried out and he looked concerned. He looked worried for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe courtroom was in shock. No one was allowed to leave,\u201d the eyewitness adds. \u201cIt was total chaos when it first happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran previously took the stand to testify on Tuesday, where he defended his song against the allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During his testimony, he addressed a video that had been submitted as evidence, showing him performing a mash-up of \u201cThinking Out Loud\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d at a concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mash up songs at lots of gigs. Many songs have similar chords. You can go from \u2018Let It Be\u2019 to \u2018No Woman No Cry\u2019 and switch back,\u201d Sheeran argued. \u201cAnd quite frankly, if I\u2019d done what you\u2019re accusing me of doing, I\u2019d be quite an idiot to stand on a stage in front of 20,000 people and do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The copyright lawsuit against\u00a0Ed Sheeran\u00a0was interrupted in dramatic fashion when the plaintiff in the case,\u00a0Kathryn Townsend Griffin, collapsed and had to be taken out of court. The lawsuit against Sheeran\u00a0alleges that the singer lifted portions\u00a0of Marvin Gaye\u2019s iconic song \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d to use in his song \u201cThinking Out Loud.\u201d The case was on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ed Sheeran Copyright Trial: Plaintiff collapses during cross-examination - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/27\/ed-sheeran-copyright-trial-plaintiff-collapses-during-cross-examination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ed Sheeran Copyright Trial: Plaintiff collapses during cross-examination - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The copyright lawsuit against\u00a0Ed Sheeran\u00a0was interrupted in dramatic fashion when the plaintiff in the case,\u00a0Kathryn Townsend Griffin, collapsed and had to be taken out of court. 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