Guitarist Mick Mars sues Mötley Crüe over touring dispute: They're 'trying to replace me'

foxnews.com:

Mick Mars countersued Mötley Crüe on Thursday and accused the band of forcing him to resign after he chose to stop touring. Mötley Crüe previously claimed that when Mars announced that he couldn't tour anymore, he was resigning from the band.

However, Mars alleges that he told the band members that he could still play in a residency situation and could still record, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

The guitarist just could no longer "physically handle the rigor of the roads." According to Mars, the band convened an emergency shareholders’ meeting immediately after his touring announcement in an attempt to throw him out of the band. "It is beyond sad that, after 41 years together, a band would try to throw out a member who is unable to tour anymore because he has a debilitating disease," his attorney said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Mick has been pushed around for far too long in this band, and we are not going to let that continue." Meanwhile, lawyers for Mötley Crüe maintain that Mars gave up his rights to any future earnings from tours after he quit, according to Variety.

Nikki Sixx responded to the lawsuit on Twitter writing, "Sad day for us and we don’t deserve this considering how many years we’ve been propping him up – We still wish him the best and hope he find's [sic] lawyers and managers who aren’t damaging him.