Proper noun
Trippe (plural Trippes)
A surname.
In 1988 McGhee was convicted for smuggling 40,000 pounds of marijuana, and as punishment he had to organize an anti-drug campaign. citation In addition, another controversy that hit the band in 1988 was a lawsuit by Matthew Trippe. Source: Internet
The suit was regarding the loss of royalties from his time in Mötley Crüe and the case was not closed until 1993 when Trippe dropped his charges and disappeared from public view. Source: Internet