Ed Sheeran faces retrial for plagiarism

A test to face Think out loud From Ed Sheeran with Let’s do it From Marvin Gaye began Monday with opening statements, because the heirs of Ed Townsendco-author with Gaye, is suing Sheeran: They say the British pop star’s hit song bears “striking similarities” to the hit.

Complaint filed 2017 His trial will finally begin in federal court in Manhattan presided over by 95-year-old Judge Louis L. Stanton.

Sheeran, 32, is one of the witnesses expected to testify. Let’s do itwith a slow and sensual rhythm, published in 1973, It has been heard in countless movies and commercials and has been played millions of times over the past 50 years.