Mick Mars And Motley Crue Dispute Towards Private Arbitration

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JAKARTA - Mick Mars' lawyers told Rolling Stone that the issue of whether the guitarist illegally kicked out of Motley Crue will be taken to private arbitration later this year.

When Mars, co-founder of Motley Crue, announced his resignation from the group's joint tour in October 2022 due to deteriorating health problems, he stated that he would remain a member of the band, with John 5 replacing him on the streets.

However, he filed a lawsuit against Motley Crue in April 2023, saying that, following his announcement, other Motley Crue members tried to remove him as an important stakeholder in the corporation and group business holdings through a shareholder meeting.

In particular, Mars claims that he was asked to sign a severance pay agreement that would release 25 percent of its shares in various band business interests in exchange for 5 percent of the shares in the band's tour by 2023. This bet, according to lawsuits, will be reduced to 0 percent for future tours.

Mars claims Motley Crue's management then raised the offer from 5 percent to 7.5 percent of the shares in the band's tour in 2023, which will remain dependent on Mars releasing itself from their band and business. When Mars refused to sign the letters, the band took the dispute to arbitration "principles to public lawsuits so the public would not be aware of the sad way they had treated their 41-year 'brothers'," Mick claimed in his lawsuit.

"When they wanted to get drunk and mess things up, I protected them," Mars told Rolling Stone in an interview last year. "Now they are trying to take my legacy, my part from Motley Crue, my ownership on behalf of, brand. How can you fire Mr. Heinz from Heinz's tomato sauce? He's the owner. Frank total legacy or Jimi Hendrix continues forever, and their heirs continue to take advantage of it. They try to take it from me. I will not let them."

Mars lawyer Edturson told Rolling Stone that the judge's decision on Tuesday, January 16 took too long for Motley Crue to provide some of the documents she requested confirming that her client had been abused by her bandmates.

"Finally, someone, somewhere, told these people that they couldn't oppress Mick anymore. We are in the midst of a huge arbitration that will eventually decide whether Mick should give up his shares or not, whether they do something right or not. Obviously we claim they didn't do anything right. But they feel they are above the rules. And that's the point of this lawsuit, "saidLARson.

They felt they were above the rules, and the judge said, 'No, you didn't. And you may have given me all the documents now, so there's nothing more I can do, but, you will pay for it,' he added.

"I think it was a big enough win for Mick. If they want to claim a win, that's okay. But this is someone who ends up telling Mick, 'No, you're not crazy. These people oppress you. And we're not going to let that happen.'"

It is known, Mars initially sued Motley Crue so she could check all the financial books and determine if she got what she felt she deserved.