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Kiss' Gene Simmons calls Michael Jackson an 'abuser'
"He molested those kids. Not a doubt"
Joe Bosso, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 11:19 pm GMT
Curious as to why Kiss' Gene Simmons wasn't part of the recent We Are The World remake? Don't be. In the new issue of Classic Rock, the long-tongued bassist lets loose on the late King of Pop, stating that he believes Jackson was a child molester.
"I knew Michael," Simmons tells journalist Geoff Barton. "I ran into him a few times. I met him the first time before he became the superstar, when he was sort of teenagey, when he was still a Jackson Five. This was in the Cher days, when Cher and I lived together.
"But as time moved on, and no matter what my fond memories and fond images of Michael were, with one allegation of paedophilia after another and another and another…Oh dear."
Simmons goes on to say that he knew some of the musicians Jackson toured with, and cites one who quit after seeing "boys coming out of the hotel rooms...Well, you know, where there's smoke there's fire. There's no question in my mind he molested those kids. Not a doubt."
"Where there's smoke there's fire. There's no question in my mind he molested those kids. Not a doubt."
Simmons, who claims to have bedded down over 4600 women during his career, also says, "There's never been a single female of any age that I've ever known about who has ever made a claim that she has had a physical relationship with Michael, ever.
"The only sexual references ever made about Michael Jackson that were made by anyone, anywhere around the world, have always been made by kids, and specifically males usually 10 to 14 years of age; never females, that age or older, and never grown men."
You gotta say one thing for Simmons: he's not one to hold his, er, tongue. (Yeah, we had to go there again.) Read more of Gene's explosive interview in the new issue of Classic Rock.
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User comments (15)
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Gene who? To all the MJ accuser's out there under every rock where you crawled from, beware of the Bad Karma you have brought upon yourselves. The pain you and all the other accuser's have caused an innocent man his life. His children will never be able to recover from the pain. If you don't have any proof and you cannot say anything nice about anyone, especially Michael then you should keep your mouth shut! Michael was a gentlemen, of course how would you know what a real man is like. Who are you to judge? Nobody that's who!!
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To Think people1, and others in this column who dont believe jackson molested children. Richard Simmons knew Micheal Jackson, you didnt. It is appaling at how obvious evedince can come out about a famous person harming someone, and a stupid fan will defend this celebrity no matter what. When Jackson was in the midst of his latest trail. police said on television that a child had correctly identified a mark that was near Jackson's genitals. No child could have identified a mark near a grown man genitals unless that child had been near or seen a bodily area he should not have seen. i am sorry Jackson is dead, he was a great singer. But he was a sick man who molested children. His siter Latoya came out years ago and said her father molested the Jackson kids. The entire family turned against her for this, and she wrongly recanted her story. GOd judges Micheal jackson now. I am sick of morons on this earth who are so infatuated with a celebrity that the fans believes the celebrity can do no wrong.
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I think what Mr. Simmons meant is, "If kids had been coming out of my hotel room on tour, you can bet I would have been molesting them." We must admit, not everyone is capable of doing something like that, one of them being Michael Jackson. Children loved Michael because Michael loved children. I don't doubt that children might have been seen coming out of his room, but I do doubt that he ever molested one of them. However, if they had been coming from your hotel room Mr. Simmon it seems you're saying it's a sure bet you would have molested one of them. "From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks". Michael had his day in court and proved without doubt that he was not guilty of any wrongdoing with kids. Child after child tesified on his behalf. Let it rest, Michael was no child molester and wanting and hoping it to be so just simply does not make it so. Let it go!!
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Gene Simmons met Michael Jackson how many times ? And when was this ?
No musician has ever quit during a tour of Michael Jackson, this is factually inaccurate. There were some changes from tour to tour but MJ liked to tour with the same members for longer periods of time, as did his band members. There were two allegations of child moletastion and 1993 case was civilly settled while Michael Jackson maintainted his total innocence and the reason of the settlement was negligence. In hindsight it was maybe a bad decision to settle as Michael Jackson himself wanted to fight it in court but his insurance company settled against his wishes as he knew he would be proven innocent.
In 2005 he was also acquitted of all charges.
Both cases were extortion attempts and the media has always tried to cover these facts up. Look at the video on Youtube where Thomas Mesereau, MJ's lawyer during the 2005 trial, had three friends of Jordan Chandler ready to testify under oath that nothing untoward had ever happened between Jordan Chandler and Michael Jackson, as Jordan had confided in his friends.
As for Michael Jackson's love life, he was a gentleman and he was very private, something Gene Simmons can learn a lesson or two from.
Michael Jackson was a true humanitarian and because he was here with us, he made the world a better place and always tried to convey that message through his music as well. And he was a gentle, caring, humble human being who couldn't hurt a soul. -
Eh. Gene Simmons is swinging low on a dead man is all, nothing really to care for.
Though Michael wasn't a saint either (The hanging his child thing off the balcony or whatever, yea. Sorry people, he wasn't the"Saint" you all call him. He's done bad things too) and the whole child thing can go on for all of eternity, and honestly it's just old and it needs to die off. Legally he's been proven innocent and speculation wise there's stuff that was never brought to the table/said/rumored and what not.
I think the remark "Let sleeping rock stars sleep" comes into mind here. -
I sure wish Michael's attorneys and family would get a hold of this one.
No one would have wanted you on the We Are the World record, anyway. You are a disgusting excuse for a human being.
These statements are out of pure jealousy. No question about it.
You know nothing about Michael Jackson so stop pretending. You are just trying to get some publicity because no one could care less about you.
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This is very sad.
Not only is there absolutely no record of any musician quitting any of Michael Jackson's tours, it is also well documented that Michael adored children of both sexes.
Mr Simmons himself says he met Michael when he was a teenager and that this is the extent of his involvement in Michael's life. Therefore any theories he has regarding the turbulent allegation years of 1993 and 2003-2005 , are mere speculation.
His 'smoke without fire' comment is no replacement for the fact that after 10 years of being investigated by both the LAPD and the FBI, no evidence of criminality concerning children could be attributed to Mr Jackson. There is also the small matter of the 12 American citizens in the dominantly Republican State of Santa Barbara who found Michael to be unequivocally not guilty.
Anyone can allege anything, and they often do when money is at stake - as the thwarted extortion attempts of Letterman, Travolta and Cindy Crawford attest. What is needed is a clear rebuttal of these outrageous statements by Mr Simmons who it is clear, has not found his days of 'shocking for effect easy to leave behind.
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Wanna know more details about this story?
Have a look here:
http://charlesthomsonjournalist.blogspot.com/2010/02/gene-simmons-in-bonkers-jackson-rant.html -
What has Gene Simmons ever done other than stick out his gross tongue and spread venereal diseases to women who are stupid enough to think he's cool? SCUM!! He doesn't deserve to even speak Michael Jackson's name.
He doesn't have his facts straight about the women in MJs life either.
Simmons also says Carlos Santana is a loser. Give me a break!
Hey Gene - When you talk about things you know nothing about and spew hate in the process you expose yourself for the IDIOT you are!
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one more thing,michael his entire life to helping people,to find salvation,to give salvation,and to bring us his music.
what has gene simmons done?
so far stick his tongue down someone's throat,slept with four-thousand-six-hundred women.i don't really care if he did see some people quit because of whatever reason,he still not fully know michael.
the differences between michael gene is:michael hepled everybody who in trouble,gene hepled him self to 4'000 women.
michael is the bomb,gene is lame.
michael was a gentlemen,gene is not,just as simple as that.
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