Tommy Lee quits Motley Crue

[estranged4life]

TOMMY LEE Quits MÖTLEY CRÜE - Sep. 12, 2007

According to the amended complaint filed by MÖTLEY CRÜE against artist manager Carl Stubner and his three companies Sanctuary Group, Inc., Sanctuary Artist Management, Inc. and Carl Stubner Productions, Inc., drummer Tommy Lee "recently informed [bassist Nikki] Sixx and [guitarist Mick] Mars, the shareholders of MCI [Motley Crue, Inc.], that he was resigning from the band and his resignation was accepted."

According to a press release issued by MÖTLEY CRÜE earlier today, the group's amended complaint contains "newly obtained evidence" in its lawsuit against Stubner, consisting of statements from band members Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars as well as ten sworn declarations from key professionals associated with the band, "demonstrates beyond any question that Stubner was a manager of MÖTLEY CRÜE and not just the manager of Tommy Lee as he has previously claimed in press releases and legal filings. The newly obtained evidence supports and confirms allegations in the amended complaint filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court that Stubner breached his fiduciary duties to MÖTLEY CRÜE by orchestrating a scheme for his personal financial gain at the expense and to the detriment of the band."

The press release adds, "Even though he received approximately a million dollars in commissions from MÖTLEY CRÜE, Stubner used his positions as the band’s manager and the manager of one of the band members to demand a higher commission for himself. The amended complaint contends that his motivation was pure greed. The new evidence also confirms that Stubner demanded tickets from the band that he resold at 'scalper' prices for his own gain."

The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages of more than $20 million for lost earnings and profits resulting from the defendants' actions. The lawsuit also seeks punitive damages because, as claimed in the amended complaint, the defendants' "despicable" actions were undertaken "fraudulently, maliciously and oppressively."

In CRÜE's original lawsuit, which was filed on June 18 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, three of the group's founding members (Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Mick Mars) through Motley Crue Inc., claimed Stubner forced Tommy Lee to "to become engaged in 'reality' projects that were bad career moves for Lee, harming [Sixx, Mars, Neil and Lee], the MÖTLEY CRÜE brand and Lee's own image." According to TMZ.com, the suit calls the low-rated NBC show "Tommy Lee Goes to College" a "critical disappointment and a ratings disaster," adding it painted Lee as "incoherent, lazy and incompetent" and made him "look like a laughing stock who could not carry a drum beat." The suit also claims Lee's participation on "Rock Star: Supernova" "diminished the public's interest in Lee and their overall perception of his musical talents."

Because Lee was so busy doing reality TV, the band says he was unavailable to tour with the CRÜE, thus causing the cancellation of several key concert dates. The band claims that they lost $8 million in ticket and merchandise revenue because of Lee's scheduling conflicts. The band claims these conflicts were "both real and concocted" by Stubner to "leverage his control over Lee to his financial advantage and to MÖTLEY CRÜE and Lee's detriment."

Tommy Lee's attorney Barbara Berkowitz issued a statement on June 20 claiming that Lee "is not an individual participant in the lawsuit filed [on June 18] by the corporation, Motley Crue, Inc. against Lee's personal manager, Carl Stubner and Sanctuary Management. Mr. Stubner and Sanctuary do not manage MÖTLEY CRÜE, however they continue to represent Tommy Lee personally."

The statement from Tommy's attorney went on to say that "Mr. Lee was neither consulted regarding this matter nor authorized the lawsuit. Mr. Lee has not made any allegations against his current personal manager. Mr. Lee feels fortunate to have been part of the MÖTLEY reunion tour, as well as other opportunities outside of MÖTLEY CRÜE over the past several years. It is unfortunate that others believe that they all could have made more money had Mr. Lee exclusively participated in the band that he co-founded in 1980. However, Mr. Lee is a versatile artist, and is grateful that he participated in other projects as well."

[irishgrl]

did you see where Tommy and Kid Rock got into it? Poor Tommy...anyway, I wish him well...

[DavidMn]

Carl Stubner is Mick's manager isnt he?

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

did you see where Tommy and Kid Rock got into it? Poor Tommy...anyway, I wish him well...

Did you see Tommy Lee's comment about all this on his website?? He called him Kid Pebble...

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Did you see Tommy Lee's comment about all this on his website?? He called him Kid Pebble...

Dude, that's funny. I didn't realize there still was a Motley Crue.

[GODDESS6]

this is sooooo naughty but i couldn't help but thinking that if tommy lee wasn't grabbed by security right away, & was able to whip out his manhood & use it as a club, kid pebble woulda been beat down~ assault w/ a deadly weapon~ sorry i saw his's pam's "movie" & that is all that kept running thru my mind when i saw the clip of the fight~

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

this is sooooo naughty but i couldn't help but thinking that if tommy lee wasn't grabbed by security right away, & was able to whip out his manhood & use it as a club, kid pebble woulda been beat down~ assault w/ a deadly weapon~ sorry i saw his's pam's "movie" & that is all that kept running thru my mind when i saw the clip of the fight~

LMAO! He does have a whopper!

[BTFLCHLD]

Thanks Brian. The details within are quite interesting. This reads like the three are whiners. If they were in fact tight with Tommy seems to me no manager could stand in the way of his deciding how to spend his time (tour vs television projects.)

I think Nikki needs to move-on with his Sixxam work and drop the crue too.

[Steviefan49]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

this is sooooo naughty but i couldn't help but thinking that if tommy lee wasn't grabbed by security right away, & was able to whip out his manhood & use it as a club, kid pebble woulda been beat down~ assault w/ a deadly weapon~ sorry i saw his's pam's "movie" & that is all that kept running thru my mind when i saw the clip of the fight~

ROTFL.. Jill- that just had me LOL'ing BAD.. Bad girl.. bad.. LMAOOO

[skcin]

I didn't realize Crue was still together. They haven't done anything since Red White & Crue, have they?

And besides, they're bitching about Tommy's reality shows making them look bad & taking time away from the band? Anyone else remember Vince Neil on Surreal Life or that show he did about his plastic surgery? Oh, yeah, I'm sure it was Rockstar that really had a bad effect on Crue's popularity.

[BTFLCHLD]

Originally Posted by skcin

Anyone else remember Vince Neil on Surreal Life or that show he did about his plastic surgery?

oh nice, Paula, thanks...I forgot about that!

Tommy's myspace blog:

September 13, 2007 - Thursday

STATEMENT RELEASED TODAY!!!!
Current mood: naughty
Category: Friends

In response to recent reports that I have quit Motley Crue, I issued the following statement:

"I am a founding member of Motley Crue. Based on internal band issues aired publicly, my future with the band is uncertain. I have tried to meet with my band-mates repeatedly without success but have informed them that I'm not walking away from my band of 25 years. It troubles me that the current legal issues which were filed by the corporations against my personal manager are separating us and causing more dysfunction. I hope we can work this out amongst ourselves."

Tommy Lee

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

http://www.myspace.com/electromayhem

[gretchen]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Carl Stubner is Mick's manager isnt he?

Yes he is.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by skcin

I didn't realize Crue was still together. They haven't done anything since Red White & Crue, have they?

And besides, they're bitching about Tommy's reality shows making them look bad & taking time away from the band? Anyone else remember Vince Neil on Surreal Life or that show he did about his plastic surgery? Oh, yeah, I'm sure it was Rockstar that really had a bad effect on Crue's popularity.

I was just going to say, I don't think I can name one Motley Crue song.

[golden braid]

Originally Posted by skcin

I didn't realize Crue was still together. They haven't done anything since Red White & Crue, have they?

They did do their Carnival of Sins tour last fall with Aerosmith. It wasn't nearly as good as the Red, White, and Crue tour. Aerosmith definitely kicked Motley's ass.