![]() ![]() Dean Guitars is proud to have played a role in ensuring Dime’s legacy not only survived, but thrived over the past 17 years.ĭimebag was previously a Washburn endorsee, switching to Dean just weeks before his murder in 2004. “However, it is unfortunate that Ms Haney has allowed her unrealistic demands and accusations to dictate the future of the Dimebag Darrell legacy in the absence of Dime’s immediate family. We are shocked and saddened to see the actions that Ms Haney has taken after both the Abbott brothers have tragically passed away, and we wish her the best in her future endeavours. “We have enjoyed a long-standing, 17-year relationship with Dime and Vinnie, and continue that relationship with Vinnie’s estate on the ddrum side. “We have always treated Dime and his brother Vinnie with the utmost respect and loyalty,” Rubinson’s statement reads. RITA HANEY TRIALThe suit requests a jury trial and a “full and complete accounting” of the agreement dating back to 2004 in order to determine what damages and other money is potentially owed.ĭean, for its part, has responded to Haney’s statement and filing by releasing a statement of its own from the company’s CEO & President, Evan Rubinson. In the statement, Haney claims that, “I made several attempts to amicably settle our dispute… However, it became clear that Dimebag’s relationship with Dean Guitars had come to an end when the new CEO… told me that Dime has been dead for 16 years, and they could not make the money they once did (so basically he’s used up?) and then continued on to tell me that we should go somewhere else… well, we will!” The suit also alleges that when Haney became the steward of Abbott’s estate in 2020, she found it “incredibly difficult” to work with Dean CEO Evan Rubinson, and found him to be “incredibly disrespectful and often times belligerent to the legacy of Abbott”. ![]() The Razorback body shape trademark that Armadillo is alleged to have filed without permission. The suit also claims that Dean had filed, with co-defendant Concordia Investment Partners, for numerous “unauthorised and fraudulent” trademarks for the Razorback and Stealth body shapes and names, despite the original agreement allegedly stipulating that all designs and trademarks would remain the sole property of Dimebag and only giving Dean permission to continue using the body shapes after the agreement had ended. The suit claims that the Dimebag guitars doubled Dean’s sales inside two years, but that the company had neglected to make payments for various contract stipulations in the years since, and had attempted to “water down Abbott’s endorsement” when the contract was renegotiated while the estate was under the supervision of his older brother and Pantera/Damageplan bandmate, Vinnie Paul, who himself died in 2018. RITA HANEY SERIESAbbott was tragically murdered just weeks later on 8 December 2004, but Dean continued to produce Dimebag guitars posthumously, releasing a series of models based on the Razorback and Stealth body shapes, as well as Dean’s existing ML design. ![]()
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