Happier times: Mötley Crüe at the press conference to announce their Stadium Tour with Def Leppard in 2019Mötley Crüe have claimed a major victory in their legal battle with former guitarist Mick Mars. Patrick J. Walsh, has ruled in favour of Sixx, singer Vince Neil and drummer Tommy Lee, and demanded that Mars pay Mötley Crüe Inc a portion of the advance that he received for the band’s tour for concerts in which he did not perform. "Mars was given a $1,500,000 advance in exchange for his agreement to perform 138 shows," Walsh concludes. Mars is ordered to pay to MCI the pro rata rate for the shows he missed between September 2021 and today. His expert confirmed that the band performed live, and Mars formally recanted his prior claims during sworn testimony."