According to Complete Music Update, the members of Mötley Crüe have spoken up in defence of their manager, Allen Kovac, in a legal dispute with lawyer Dina LaPolt.

The report, found here, claims Kovac and LaPolt used to work together, but fell out while negotiating a third season on American Idol for Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. According to Kovac, LaPolt derailed those negotiations and then persuaded Tyler to dump his management services.

He sued LaPolt over those claims in 2012. The lawsuit was initially thrown out of court in 2013, but appeal judges overturned that decision last month, meaning the legal battle is now back in full flow.

Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars, who previously spoke out in support of LaPolt, is now sticking up for his manager.

Mars: “I believe that Dina’s refusal to properly advise and represent me about pending band business, in which she played an integral role, and her refusal to bring my attorney up to speed on the band’s business decisions, resulted in the band and me being dragged into this lawsuit that does not involve us.”

Stay tuned for updates.

In other news, after strutting onto the stage of the Grand Ole Opry during Eric Paslay's performance last week and teasing his upcoming country album, Steven Tyler has made it official. Rolling Stone Country confirms that the Aerosmith frontman has signed a deal with Dot Records, the label that Scott Borchetta and his Big Machine Group revived last year, to release his debut solo album.

While no specific release date or title has been announced, the album, set for release later this year, will feature songs that Tyler has already been writing and recording in Nashville over the past few months. So far he's collaborated with writers like Paslay, Hillary Lindsey, Cary Barlowe and the Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston.

"There was an immediate connection with Scott and Big Machine, and Nashville seems like the perfect segue for a solo project... and Dot Records is the right fit. My earliest influences put me somewhere between the Everly Brothers and the Carter Family, and this project is all about me paying homage to my country roots," Tyler says. "I've been working with some fucking epic Nashville songwriters, getting my feet wet with the style and groove."

Further details can be found at this location.