An attorney for former Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars has blasted an arbitrator’s ruling that the group was within its rights to dismiss Mars as an officer in their business affairs as well as bandmember, for cause, once he dropped out of Mötley Crüe‘s touring due to health issues. Moreover, the judgment declared that Mars owes his former band hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Mars‘s lawyer, Ed McPherson, tells Rolling Stone, “The decision is awful. It’s not fair. This band has never been fair to Mick. When Mick said ‘I can’t tour anymore because of a hideous disease, but I can still write, perform one-offs or residencies and record,’ they said, ‘Sorry, Mick. It’s been 43 years, but you’re out. Goodbye, and we don’t want to pay you anymore.’ This arbitrator said it’s fine. We need to figure out if we’re going to challenge [the decision]. It’s ridiculous. It’s just a question of whether he wants to keep pursuing this. Basically, he’s over Mötley Crüe.”