The European leg of Bon Jovi’s Have a Nice Day tour couldn’t have come at a better time for Richie Sambora. On May 9, a little more than two weeks after his romance with Denise Richards (a former friend of his estranged wife, Heather Locklear) first made headlines with allegations of cheating and betrayal, the shy rocker set off for Dusseldorf, Germany. But before he left, Sambora, who has remained mum about his relationships, broke his silence to Us.

“I will do anything to enable all of us to move past all of this,” he told Us. As for charges leveled by Locklear insiders that Sambora and Richards (who began dating mid-March) were together before Locklear filed for divorce in January, he says, “I remained faithful during my marriage. And I defy anyone to refute that.”

Sambora’s rep adds, “His family is his No. 1 priority. Richie is the greatest guy, and he wouldn’t do anything to hurt anyone close to him.”

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