Godsmack frontman Sully Erna has reached a settlement with the victim of a car accident he was involved in, as well as her family, to the tune of millions of dollars. According to EagleTribune.com, Erna and Godsmack Touring, Inc. will have to make an immediate cash payment of $3.3 million that includes $1.8 million in legal fees, $1 million to the victim, $172,000 to her father and $72,000 to her mother, along with payments for medical bills and other associated costs.
Erna will also have to make a series of guaranteed monthly payments to the victim for the next 30 years, starting at nearly $5,000 a month for the next five years, escalating to more than $5,000 for 14 years after that, and rising again to almost $10,000 a month for the final 11 years. Her mother will also receive $710 a month for life.
Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has reportedly confirmed that he is now a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, weeks after rumors began circulating that he would join the band as the replacement for departed guitar player John Frusciante. According to Music Radar, Klinghoffer broke the news to the previous owner of his website that he had in fact become the new Chili Peppers guitarist. The Chili Peppers themselves have said nothing publicly about either Klinghoffer or Frusciante, who revealed last month at his own website that he had exited the group last year.
Rumors about Frusciante's continued involvement with the Peppers began to circulate last year. The Chili Peppers recently reconvened for the first time since late 2007 to begin work on their 10th studio album.
Frusciante left the band once before, in 1992, after the massive success of their 1991 breakthrough album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. He got addicted to heroin at the time, but eventually kicked his habit and rejoined the group in 1999.
The family of late Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan has issued a statement following Sullivan's death last week at the age of 28. The statement said, "We would like to thank all of Jimmy's fans for the heartfelt comments that have been posted -- it is comforting to know that his genius and antics were appreciated and that he was loved so much. Our hearts are broken -- he was much too young to fall."
The statement concludes with: "February 9, 1981 - December 28, 2009 . . . Og agus saor go deo (forever young and free)" and is signed, "Barbara & Joe, Kelly & Katie & the extended Sullivan family."
Sullivan was found dead in his Huntington Beach, California home on December 29th. Authorities said the death appeared to be from natural causes.
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