Last year, Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars announced he was retiring from touring with the band due to ongoing health issues. John 5 took his place, but Mars claims that after his announcement, the band tried to remove him as a significant stakeholder in the group’s business holdings.
Mars’ lawyer now says that the issue of whether he was illegally cut from the band is heading to private arbitration.
“Finally, somebody, somewhere told these guys they can’t bully Mick anymore,” Mars’ lawyer Ed McPherson said. “We’re in the middle of a huge arbitration that will ultimately decide if Mick has to give up his shares or not, if they did things properly or not. Obviously we claim they didn’t do anything properly. But they feel that they’re above the rules. And that’s what this lawsuit was about.”
“This was them feeling they were above the rules, and this judge saying, ‘No, you’re not. And you may have given all the documents now, so there’s nothing left for me to do, but, you’re going to pay for it,” he added. “I think that’s a pretty huge victory for Mick. If they want to claim a victory, that’s fine. But this is someone finally telling Mick, ‘No, you’re not crazy. These guys are bullying you. And we’re not going to let it happen.'”
The band’s manager Allen Kovac previously told Variety: “He was offered a terrific opportunity. An offer was made to him at 5%, and then up to 7.5 percent, to avoid this. What Mick’s asking for is an equal share, 25% — but there’s a guy named John 5 in the band. Mick resigned from touring, and John 5’s getting paid. So who’s gonna pay John 5? None of this makes sense.”
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