Joey Jordison's estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the heavy metal group were being sued by the estate of their late original drummer - who passed away in July 2021 at the age of 46 - for allegedly profiting from his death. A lawsuit, filed last June, accused the ‘Snuff’ rockers of using his name and personal belongings for Knotsfest - the group's touring festival - and alleged that they "lined their pockets with profit off of Jordison’s devoted fanbase.
" However, according to legal documents obtained by Blabbermouth.net, "a notice of unconditional settlement" was filed on September 17 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, along with a request for the case to be dismissed. The suit named frontman Corey Taylor, 50, and percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan, 55, and accused them of not fulfilling a "written agreement" to give back all of Jordison's items.
It read: “After abruptly kicking Jordison out of Slipknot in 2013, [Corey] Taylor and Crahan expressly promised in a written agreement to return all Jordison’s belongings in exchange for Jordison’s promise to release certain claims against them. “The agreement contained a non-exclusive list of broad categories of items that [Taylor and Crahan] represented were in their possession and that they would return to Jordison. [Taylor and Crahan] purported to comply with the agreement by returning certain items to Jordison but, unbeknownst to Jordison, [they] had execute.
