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Court Dismisses Suit Against 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels'

January 21, 2009

Sherri M. Okamoto of Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that a district's Court of Appeal yesterday struck a lawsuit by a man who sued for misappropriation of his persona after he appeared on an episode of a "reality" television show about musician Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS as a strategic lawsuit against public participation.

In an unpublished opinion, Div. Seven affirmed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Haley J. Fromholz's dismissal of Steven Greenstein's claim against the alleged producer and distributor of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" for compensation based on Greenstein's appearance in the program.

Read the entire report from Metropolitan News-Enterprise.

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