The members of M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce are feeling all right after coming out victorious against former guitarist Mick Mars.<\/p>\n
Vince Neil,\u00a0Nikki Sixx\u00a0and\u00a0Tommy Lee\u00a0did nothing wrong when they removed Mars, 74, as an officer and director in their business affairs, retired federal judge Patrick J. Walsh ruled in a final arbitration on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Walsh\u2019s ruling came nearly three years after Mars filed a lawsuit against his former M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce bandmates<\/a> in April 2023.<\/p>\n Mick Mars during a M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce concert at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on Sept. 15, 1985. Getty Images<\/p>\n Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, and Mars of M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce during a press conference in Hollywood on Dec. 4, 2019. Getty Images<\/p>\n He alleged that Neil, 64, Sixx, 67, and Lee, 63, tried to remove him as a shareholder after he stepped away from the \u201cDr. Feelgood\u201d group<\/a> due to his battle with ankylosing spondylitis during a 2022 stadium tour.<\/p>\n \u201cMars argues that it is immoral for him to be cast aside after forming the backbone of this group for more than four decades merely because his age and AS symptoms precluded him from performing,\u201d Walsh said,\u00a0per Variety<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cI am not unsympathetic to this argument but it is not for me in the context of this arbitration to weigh in on the morality of the band\u2019s decision,\u201d the retired judge added, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n The ailing guitarist was ordered to pay his former bandmates $750,000 in advance money for missing 69 live shows, per the final arbitration documents. <\/p>\n Mars playing guitar during a M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce show in Moscow, Russia, in 1989. Getty Images<\/p>\n M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce members Neil, Sixx and Mars onstage at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on July 20, 1987. Getty Images<\/p>\n However, because the \u201cKickstart My Heart\u201d rockers owed Mars a little over $500,000 for his stake in the band, he only had to pay Neil, Sixx and Lee roughly $250,000.<\/p>\n M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s attorney, Sasha Frid, said that the group\u2019s \u201cdispute\u201d was \u201cabout protecting the integrity and legacy of one of the most successful bands in rock history\u201d in a statement to People<\/a> after the decision.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the arbitrator rejecting every claim and enforcing the parties\u2019 agreements as written, the band has been fully vindicated \u2013 legally, financially, and factually,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce in 1983. WireImage<\/p>\n Mars\u2019 lawyer called Walsh\u2019s ruling \u201cawful\u201d in a statement to Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not fair. This band has never been fair to Mick,\u201d Ed McPherson argued. \u201cWhen Mick said I can\u2019t tour anymore because of a hideous disease, but I can still write, perform one-offs or residencies, and record, they said, \u2018Sorry Mick. It\u2019s been 43 years, but you\u2019re out. Goodbye, and we don\u2019t want to pay you anymore.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis arbitrator said it\u2019s fine. We need to figure out if we\u2019re going to challenge [the decision]. It\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s just a question of whether he wants to keep pursuing this,\u201d McPherson continued. \u201cBasically, he\u2019s over M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere during his initial April 2023 filing, Mars claimed that the \u201cGirls, Girls, Girls\u201d rockers would perform over pre-recorded tracks during the 2022 tour.<\/p>\n Mars onstage during M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s concert at Nationals Park in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2022. Getty Images for Live Nation<\/p>\n \u201cNikki\u2019s bass was 100% recorded,\u201d he told Variety<\/a> at the time. \u201cTommy\u2019s drums, to the best of my knowledge, there was a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Sixx denied the former M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce guitarist\u2019s claims, and Mars was reportedly \u201cforced to admit under oath that his statements were false\u201d during arbitration.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cHis expert confirmed that the band performed live, and Mars formally recanted his prior claims during sworn testimony,\u201d the band\u2019s legal team told the outlet.<\/p>\n The Post has reached out to M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce backstage during a concert in San Francisco in 1982. Getty Images<\/p>\n M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce was formed by Sixx and Lee in Los Angeles in 1981. The pair \u2013 who played bass and drums, respectively \u2013 recruited Neil for vocals and Mars for guitar shortly after.<\/p>\n Although the group, whose hits also include \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d and \u201cSmokin\u2019 in the Boys Room,\u201d booted Neil from the band in 1992, they ultimately reunited in 2004.<\/p>\n The original M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce formation continued performing together until Mars retired from touring due to his ankylosing spondylitis in October 2022, at which point he was replaced by John 5.<\/p>\n Mars, Sixx, Lee and Neil during the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 19, 2014. Ethan Miller<\/p>\n John 5, who replaced Mars as M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s guitarist, performs during a show in Bogota, Colombia, on Feb. 25, 2023. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n Neil, meanwhile, recently revealed that he suffered his own health scare<\/a> that forced the \u201cWild Side\u201d rockers to postpone their Las Vegas residency<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a stroke,\u201d the singer told the\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>\u00a0in September. \u201cMy whole left side went out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI had to learn to walk again, and that was tough,\u201d Neil explained. \u201cThe doctors said they didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to go back on stage again. I go, \u2018No, no, I\u2019m gonna do it. 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