On May 3, 2023, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton said a jury should decide if the hit maker is liable to the Marvin Gaye estate and heirs of the late producer Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the song with Gaye.
Ed Sheeran denied any wrong doing and even went as far as saying that he will walk away from music should the jury find him guilty.
The other defendants in the case were Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Atlantic Records through whom the music was released.