Mick Mars, the former member of Mötley Crüe, is set to face his legal battle with the band in a public court. However, the band is making a request to the judge behind closed doors, asking for the matter to be sent to arbitration instead of being publicly aired, as reported by TMZ.
In addition to keeping the details confidential, the band has also asked the court to remove several statements made by Mick in his lawsuit. These statements included damaging allegations against his ex-bandmates, such as claims of substance abuse and physical violence. Mötley Crüe believes that Mars included these claims in his lawsuit solely for the purpose of character assassination.
In response to Motley Crue’s attempts to resolve the issue through arbitration and strike out certain statements from the lawsuit, Mick’s lawyer, Ed McPherson, expressed his disagreement with TMZ, stating, “This is yet another attempt by bullies to hide the truth!”
Mick Mars decided to take the matter to court and file a lawsuit against his former bandmates due to their alleged attempts to exclude him from the band’s profits.
In an interview with Variety, Mars expressed his discontent, saying:
“That’s an insult to me that they’re offering me that. No. It’s my name. It’s Mick Mars; it’s Mötley Crüe, the four of us that made the band. You would have to have a good reason to be fired. I don’t. I could come back with this and say, ‘Hey, you know what? I’m going to counter because you a*sholes are felons. You (Lee) for spousal abuse; you (Neil) for manslaughter.’ I’m not doing that.”
You can read the TMZ piece here and the Variety interview here.