Posted on 01/09/2005 11:37:34 AM PST by John Lenin
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - A woman who says she is a former girlfriend of KISS rocker Gene Simmons (news) is suing him for slander, saying the bass guitarist made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a "rockumentary" on VH-1 television.
Georgeann Walsh Ward, 53, of Chester, N.Y., says in court papers that a photo of her appeared 11 times during the report on KISS, shown on the network several times in July and August, while Simmons claimed to have had sexual encounters with 4,600 women.
In the documentary, "When KISS Ruled The World," Simmons commented that "there wasn't a girl that was off limits, and I enjoyed every one of them," court papers say.
Ward's papers say that because a photo of her with Simmons was shown during remarks about his sexual adventures, she was in effect portrayed as "wild" and "unchaste."
"The implication was that (Ward) was a prostitute and/or solicited prostitutes, and/or (she was) a sexually loose woman," court papers say.
Ward, married with a 21-year-old son, said she met Simmons at a concert in October 1972 when she was 21. For the next three years through fall of 1975, she says in court papers, they were in what she believed was "an exclusive, monogamous, romantic relationship."
During much of the time they were together, Ward's court papers say, Simmons was a college student and then a sixth-grade teacher "until the success of KISS propelled him out of the classroom and out of plaintiff's life."
Ward's lawsuit, filed Thursday, asks for unspecified damages from Simmons and from Viacom, VH-1's parent company, for alleged defamation and invasion of privacy.
Laura Nelson, spokeswoman for Viacom, said she could not comment on pending litigation.
No spokesperson for Simmons could be reached for comment.
Honestly, no. I put myself in her position (no jokes) and if what she says is true, I think she has a case. If the documentary implied she was some kind of groupie whore, then I would sue the pants off of them. She dated him exclusively before he was famous, but she is being portrayed as a sex toy of his. I hope she wins.
Simmons' "wife" of all these years was the hottest woman on earth (OK, one of them) I'm forgetting her name but she was absolutely beautiful and starred in a lot of detective/soft porn B movies as well as a stint as a villain on Days Of Our Lives (too many years ago). She was a Playboy mansion regular as well.
I will have to watch it for myself to determine if she just saw a way to cash in on his fame.
lol.....the gymnastics the human mind is capable of never fail to astonish.
The womans case is a 'stretch of the imagination".
"In the documentary, "When KISS Ruled The World," Simmons commented that "there wasn't a girl that was off limits, and I enjoyed every one of them,"
His comments are referring to the many 'groupies' that followed the band around.
He dated her BEFORE he joined KISS!
What the article doesn't state is WHY they had a picture of this woman displayed during the interviews.
What was her name? My wife was really into that soap.
Shannon Tweed. This other woman sounds like she's minin' for gold.
Shannon Tweed
Did Gene Simmons have editing rights over VH1's show? I guess he provided the picture so VH! could use it.
of course, this now opens up her past conduct to review.
Be careful what you pray for.....
It sounds to me like she's mad that she was only one out of 4,600.
Just mad the "tongue lashings' stopped, I guess
Shannon Tweed is his current wife , no ?
I can say another once was twenty one years old, bimbo, now 54, married, with a twenty one year old son, is feigning the old "I only did it with him, for love" B/S.
Anybody who jumps in the sack with Gene Simmons IS wild and unchaste. I see what she's saying, especially since it was in the pre-KISS days, but if they didn't say anything factually wrong about her, then she needs to just deal with the fact that she's one of 4,600.
Only 4600? Wilt Chamberlain has Simmons beat by over 20,000.
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