Henley said draft lyrics were stolen by the author of a never-published band biography who then sold them to the defendants in the ongoing theft case.
The "Say It" artist was sentenced to 10 years behind bars last August.
His murder occurred after a private party where he was performing, according to the Baja California District Attorney's Office.
A drug trafficking case from 2022 is separate and remains ongoing.
The TV personality is no longer a judge on the 18th season of Fox series So You Think You Can Dance.
A summons with notice was originally filed in November, but a full lawsuit never followed.
In this week's Legal Beat, Sony sues over the Whitney biopic, Kanye's song gets pulled from streamers, Cam'ron loses a lawsuit over a photo of himself and much more.
The music giant says the companies that made Whitney's biopic signed a sync licensing deal, but then never actually paid the required fees.
One of the Def Jam founder's many accusers now says he defamed her during a podcast interview by suggesting someone might "re-imagine a story."
A timeline of the Mexican pop star's legal woes, which resurfaced after she was sued by two Jane Does in December 2022.
