Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards has sent a heartfelt message to her late son Jamal’s close friend Ed Sheeran after he won his copyright trial
Loose Women star Brenda Edwards has sent a sweet message to Ed Sheeran after he won his copyright case.
The hitmaker, 32, celebrated his victory on Thursday after spending almost two weeks in New York for the trial, where he was accused of copyright infringement for his 2014 track Thinking Out Loud.
He was sued by the heirs of the late Ed Townsend, who is credited as having written Marvin Gaye ‘s song Let’s Get It On, which was released in 1973.
The jury decided Sheeran hadn’t plagiarised the other tune’s harmonic progressions as well as melodic and rhythmic elements.
A joyful Ed took to his Instagram account to share his victory.
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Brenda Edwards sent a heartfelt message to Ed following his victory (
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The Shape of You singer shared a clip of his speech from outside the courtroom and wrote: “It’s all over, back to what I love doing.
“New album out tomorrow, USA tour starts Saturday in Dallas, love you all xxxx”.
Brenda Edwards, who is the mum of the late Jamal Edwards, commented: “I love you so much, and know how stressful this was for you sweetheart.
“Congratulations Ed, I’m happy to know that your creativity and songs will continue to help to build hopes and dreams for others.
“Keep Smiling in the face of adversity [blue heart emojis] #comon #nobodyownsthecolourblue.”
Ed was a close friend of Brenda’s son Jamal who tragically died in February 2022 at the age of 31.
Ed was found not guilty in a music copyright trial (
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The entrepreneur founded the music platform SBTV in 2006 which helped launch Ed’s career.
Ed and Jamal were close friends and the Perfect singer opened up about losing him in his documentary series, Ed Sheeran : The Sum Of It All.
He admitted he “hadn’t experienced grief and loss” until Jamal’s death and said it “took over his whole life”.
Ed’s wife revealed the singer wasn’t able to process his death as it came weeks after her cancer diagnosis.
“I basically lived in his bedroom. His mum thought we were having a relationship,” Ed explained.
Ed and Jamal were close friends (
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Jamal helped to launch Ed’s career (
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Jamal Edwards/Instagram)“Jamal died in the morning. I was at his mum’s house at midday. It’s Caribbean culture, you go to the family home for nine days and nine nights. On the ninth night, they throw a big party.
“Grief instantly ends your youth. The funeral was like 30 people but he knows like 10,000 people.”
A scene from the docuseries showed Ed attending a cookout in memory of Jamal and he sobbed as he sat in the back of a car while thinking about celebrating his birthday without him.
When Jamal died, Ed rushed to Brenda’s house to look after her and Jamal’s sister Tanisha for a whole week.
“There wasn’t anything that he wasn’t sorting out and doing if we needed anything, and everybody has been so so wonderful and so supportive,” Brenda previously revealed on Loose Women.
