E played the guitar Thursday in the bar of the court of New York to defend himself from having plagiarized a song by the American Marvin Gaye. After winning his trial in London, he defended himself this time against accusations from the heirs ofEd Townsend, an American musician and producer who had co-written Let's Get it On with Marvin Gaye. Cited by the prosecution, a musicologist declared Thursday that the chord progression present on the two pieces was almost similar. E did not hesitate to take out his guitar in the courtroom, says the New York Times. The famous hitE was ranked second in Billboard Hot 100 (the famous American reference ranking), and won the Grammy Award for the best song of the year in 2016.