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.

Gene Simmons. 100% Class as always.

I hardly think that Gene Simmons had anything to do with the actual production of this piece. She will lose, and she will lose badly. The proper plaintiff is VH1. It's always fun when stupid people find stupid lawyers.

"an exclusive, monogamous, romantic relationship."



Gawd dam! Women will only see what they wanna see when in love.

Ahh, nothing quite like Arrested Development.

Ummmm, she was sleeping with the bassist of a Rock band... wasn't she

don't you doofuses read???

-jason

I read that too, but as a long time Kiss fan her timeframe is off. Kiss formed in '73 and were constantly working. They released Kiss and Hotter than Hell in '74 and Dressed to Kill and Alive in '75. I would say she had one year that he was not the infamous Gene Simmons and more Gene Klein, but yes she was dating a bassist of a band all those years, she can delude her own memory, but he was what he was.

I think she is suing the wrong people also. Seems VH! or the editers of that program are more to blame.

True, but who supplied the photograph?

I doubt Gene Simmons keeps many or any pix's around the house. especially with the semi-lovely Shannon Tweed living there. I have heard that the Japanese KISS fans are the most loyal and die-hard fans in the world, so I would be willing to bet that 50% or more of those pix came from them.

Gene Simmons used to be a six-grade schoolteacher??

Geezus, that's more newsworthy than the lawsuit.