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Motley Crue guitarist sued for $10 million
stuff.co ^ | February 9, 2005

Posted on 02/09/2005 8:30:21 PM PST by stainlessbanner

LOS ANGELES: Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars is being sued for $US10 million ($NZ14.42 million) in palimony by a former girlfriend who has accused him of reneging on a promise to take care of her for life.

According to the lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, the woman, Robbie Mantooth, said she met Mars in 1990 and the two became lovers. She said she gave up her career as a documentary filmmaker and moved into the heavy metal guitarist's Malibu home with him.

She said Mars promised her repeatedly that he would always provide for her financially and that the couple had agreed to divide all their property if they split up.

Their relationship ended in December 2004 and Mantooth said Mars denied there was any oral agreement between them and had given her no financial support.

Mantooth is asking a judge to award her half of the rocker's property as well as monthly support and damages.

A representative for Mars could not be reached for comment.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: crue; lawsuit; mars; mc; mick; motleycrue; music; nikkisixx; tommylee; vinceneil
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To: randog
I say give her the money--any woman that would have sex with Mick Mars definitely earned every penny of it.

LMAO...

21 posted on 02/09/2005 8:45:29 PM PST by Fruitbat
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To: Cedar

Uhhh...it is Cher.


22 posted on 02/09/2005 8:51:49 PM PST by Bob J (RIGHTALK.com...a conservative alternative to NPR!)
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To: stainlessbanner

Interview with Mick's daughter from a Crue website:

CC: Stormy, we also learnt about Mick’s disease in The Dirt, Ankylosing Spondylitis, or A.S. as they call it. I understand that you also suffer from this disease as well.

SD: Right.

CC: Can you tell us a bit about what it’s like day to day to have such a disease? [You can also learn more about this disease here]

SD: Day to day for me; I get up and I’m very stiff. I’m like hunched over a bit. I get up and immediately take my meds to un-stiffen. There are certain tasks that I can’t do by myself, like mopping the floor. It’s really strenuous and hard on me. I can fold the laundry. Greg basically does it but he brings out the baskets to me, and me and Shandi fold clothes together. For the most part I can do everything else.

CC: Excellent. How is your Dad’s condition at the moment? Just how sick is he?

SD: I had to fight back every single tear at Christmas time because he looked like death. [crying] I’m sorry…

CC: That’s OK. Just take a moment…

SD: He was just… He looked grey, you know. He couldn’t even wear his black wristband ‘cause it would look like it would just fall right off him.

CC: Right. OK.

SD: He was so thin.

CC: Was that the last time you saw him?

SD: That was the last I saw him. You know, I’ve got a hold of him every once in a while on the phone but he just… He hides you see? From what Robbie [Mantooth, his fiancée] tells me is he kind of feels guilty about me having it and... but you know, it’s not his fault! He didn’t know!

CC: Yeh exactly. Well it is a hereditary thing isn’t it?

SD: Yes it is and it’s usually a male dominant disease and that’s why it’s so rare [for me].

CC: So is he able to play guitar?

SD: No. You’ve gotta know that sucks if he can’t pick up. I mean, I had to bring my youngest Chandler around in front of him ‘cause he couldn’t turn his neck. He couldn’t turn his head. I mean he couldn’t even turn his head over to give me a kiss on the cheek or anything... and to hug him, you feel… I can’t explain it.

CC: [pauses] Well you mentioned Robbie. Robbie Mantooth. Is she Mick’s fiancée right? Are they engaged?

SD: Fiancée yeh. That’s what I would call it. I consider her my step-mother. As far as I know they have not gotten married.

CC: I hear that she’s a real help to Mick right?

SD: Oh yeh. She is.

CC: In what kind of ways does she support him?

SD: Oh she gets him to his doctors’ appointments. She gives him like a steroid shot to break down the inflammation in his body, and maintains his medicines so he doesn’t take more of one than the other, you know what I mean?

CC: Yeh.

SD: Yeh she helps him with that.

CC: Is she still working on her documentaries a fair bit, or..?

SD: As far as I know she is. As far as I know. I know she’s not diving. She can’t dive until she gets her ear fixed.


23 posted on 02/09/2005 8:52:51 PM PST by JennysCool (I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
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To: pubmom
I had the biggest crush on him when I was a little girl.

PLEASE tell me you're talking about Randolph Mantooth, not Mick Mars!

24 posted on 02/09/2005 8:52:58 PM PST by TheSarce (Liberalism: The irrational, intolerant cult that dare not speak its name.)
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To: stainlessbanner

Don't care much for this kind of suit, but I really couldn't care less about what happens to these so-called musician idiots who only live to screw, snort, and spend.


25 posted on 02/09/2005 8:55:11 PM PST by 1L
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To: stainlessbanner

$10m? That's a bit high maintenance.

If I was him, I'd settle out of court for $1m, and agree to get her a decent accountant/financial adviser to help her make that money work for her.

If she is sensible, that should do her.


26 posted on 02/09/2005 8:56:27 PM PST by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: TheSarce

Yes, Randolph Mantooth, not the corpse. :)


27 posted on 02/09/2005 8:57:33 PM PST by pubmom (Suffering from DITS (Democrat induced tourette's syndrome)since 1992.)
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To: stainlessbanner

I have tix to see them on St. Patty's day. I'm rollin' the dice to see if they'll all be there or one or more will be in jail or dead.


28 posted on 02/09/2005 8:58:31 PM PST by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: JennysCool

Sounds like Mick is having a rough go of it lately. I wish him all the best.


29 posted on 02/09/2005 8:59:27 PM PST by stainlessbanner (Don't mess with old guys wearing overhauls.)
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To: pubmom

(*phew!*) You had me worried! (Actually, I had a thing for Johnny, too!)


30 posted on 02/09/2005 9:07:42 PM PST by TheSarce (Liberalism: The irrational, intolerant cult that dare not speak its name.)
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To: Happygal
$10m? That's a bit high maintenance.

Well....it is Mick Mars, so that has to be taken in consideration.

31 posted on 02/09/2005 9:10:14 PM PST by Dan from Michigan (Republican Party Reptile)
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To: stainlessbanner

Me, too. Sounds like there was a lot more going on than the post indicated.


32 posted on 02/09/2005 9:12:27 PM PST by JennysCool (I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
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To: Dan from Michigan

He dosent have that kind of money at all , believe me . So a guy promises a girl he'll take care of her and they break up and she wants his money ? Give me a break !


33 posted on 02/09/2005 9:16:38 PM PST by hineybona
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To: JennysCool
Thanks for posting this. My wife has Ankylosing Spondylitis. She was having hip problems for years. Sometimes she would "lock up" and not be able to move anymore. This was okay at home where I could carry her to bed, but out in public was a different story. She then developed terrible pain in one eye (another AS symptom). Her eye doctor did a number of tests and sent her to a rheumatologist who disgnosed her with AS. After all the time of pain & stiffness, we were just glad to have a name.

She now gives herself 2 shots a week and they have helped tremendously. She can function normally and can play with the kids. It is hereditary and is more prevelant in American Indians , so we will see about our kid's chances. Everything we have discovered has pointed to remarkable progress in treating AS and I hope it continues. Sorry to hear about Mars & his daughter....sounds like he's got some bad symptoms...:o(.

34 posted on 02/09/2005 9:25:34 PM PST by Troublemaker
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To: Troublemaker

Gosh, glad she's doing okay. I didn't know about the condition either. Best to you both.


35 posted on 02/09/2005 9:27:10 PM PST by JennysCool (I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
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To: JennysCool

Thank you. It helps to know what you're fighting. She is doing much better. She also happens to be the toughest person I've ever met, which doesn't hurt :o).


36 posted on 02/09/2005 9:30:05 PM PST by Troublemaker
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To: Troublemaker

No doubt! It's only adversity that reveals character, after all. Sounds like she's got it going!


37 posted on 02/09/2005 9:31:53 PM PST by JennysCool (I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
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To: pubmom
(Suffering from DITS (Democrat induced tourette's syndrome)since 1992.)

LOL. great tag line. DITS was pandemic during the the Clinton years.

38 posted on 02/09/2005 10:38:51 PM PST by Maynerd
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To: hal_walker

When did Motley Crue become classis rock?


39 posted on 02/10/2005 12:58:35 PM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
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To: BlueMondaySkipper
When did Motley Crue become classic rock?

When twenty years passed since they released their first album...apparently that's all it takes. ;)

40 posted on 02/10/2005 1:02:01 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves
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