Hippie icon fights murder charge by invoking the stars

There was a good article written by Edward Helmore in New York which ran in The Observer, Sunday 29 September 2002.

In it, George Keegan recalls meeting Einhorn before he jumped bail. 'We were walking down the street together. People who once would come up and hug Ira crossed the street and averted their eyes... He looked at me, sad, and said, "I'm not going to be able to be Ira Einhorn now". And I realised he was a selfish, arrogant bastard.'



Another auspicious aspect of the Guardian link is the open ended information about Ira's relationship with Peter Gabriel. The article sheds light that is not included in many articles out there, and lends credence to the possibility that there is more to the Ira and Peter relationship than what later was portrayed as Ira just being his boasting self. Remember - "possibility", for all we do know, this was little more than Ira name-dropping and exaggerating.

Einhorn's lawyer, Richard Cannon, says Einhorn visited Gabriel at the singer's Wiltshire millhouse on several occasions. 'He [Einhorn] thinks Mr Gabriel's testimony could be very helpful,' he says. (Ironically, Gabriel is scheduled to play in Philadelphia on 18 November - in time, perhaps, for a visit to the court. A spokesman for Gabriel said he had not decided one way or the other.)

Gabiel detached his name effectively enough (he didn't show to the re-trial as expected by most) that doubled as another blow to Ira's already rock-shallow reputation.