Mick Mars‘ authorized warfare together with his former band, Mötley Crüe, is ready to play out in court docket, for all to see — however the Crüe is making a transfer to take it behind closed doorways, regardless of Mick’s protests.
According to new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Mötley Crüe is asking a choose to ship this case — kick-started by Mick’s lawsuit in April — into arbitration, the place they are saying it belongs.
In their submitting, attorneys for MC say a number of completely different entities have been created through the years to deal with various points of the band’s biz — issues like touring and recording — and people agreements include binding arbitration clauses.
Translation: All grievances which may come up amongst members, should be dealt with in non-public arbitration, as an alternative of airing them out in public courts
You’ll recall … this battle is all about Mick, their longtime guitarist, claiming the Crüe unfairly and unjustly lower him out of touring and his share of tour income … after Mick was identified with a debilitating bone illness.
The band’s referred to as BS, arguing they have been really attempting to do him a stable primarily based on his situation, and even tried to present him truthful compensation … however they are saying Mick’s going about this the unsuitable approach by submitting a lawsuit
Bottom line is … Mötley Crüe’s asking the choose to ship the matter to arbitration.
Not simply that, however the band can be asking the court docket to strike a number of statements Mick made in his go well with — a number of of which include damning allegations about ex-bandmates, together with claims of substance abuse and bodily violence which they name completely irrelevant to Mick’s case. They imagine he included them purely “for purposes of character assassination.”
As for Mick — his lawyer, Ed McPherson, tells TMZ … “This is yet another attempt by bullies to hide the truth!”
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