Former KISS Manager Set Free
July 15, 2006According to the New York Post, the former KISS manager whose $850,000 in unpaid child support and alimony makes him New York City's worst deadbeat dad, was set free by a Manhattan Family Court judge last night after serving two years jail for nonpayment.
The release of Jesse Hilsen, 66, fueled his ex-wife's fear he'll simply go on the lam again like he did for a decade beginning in 1994.
Back then, he traveled to Europe, Israel and South Africa rather than pay ex-wife Rita, the mother of his three children.
Hilsen is in a perfect position to flee the U.S., Rita noted yesterday — since he still has an Israeli passport and a condo in South Africa, which does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S.
In the 1970s and 80s, Hilsen was a successful Manhattan psychotherapist. He became KISS's manager in 1988 because the band had grown leery of music-industry insiders; Dr. Hilsen was the therapist for Paul Stanley, KISS's frontman.
KISS leaders Gene Simmons and Stanley were served subpoenas by a private investigator in September 2003 before their performance at Chicago's Tweeter Center in connection with the case.
The purpose of the subpoenas was to determine what, if any, financial ties exist between Hilsen and the band, as well as whether any band members have been in touch with him since he became a fugitive. Hilsen and KISS split in 1992.
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