A&E; TV has posted sneak peek footage and photos from the upcoming Season 4 of GENE SIMMONS Family Jewels. Check it out here.

The complete third season of Family Jewels is now available on DVD.

As reported in January by Sherri M. Okamoto from Metropolitan News-Enterprise:

This 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In an unpublished opinion, Div.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.

A production company headed by Leslie Greif hired Greenstein’s production company to film a segment of the documentary-style 30-minute television show following Simmons when he made an appearance in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras Parade.

Greenstein claimed Greif had told him he would not be able to appear on camera, but once Simmons arrived in New Orleans, Greenstein interacted with Simmons several times before the cameras while acting as an escort for Simmons and his entourage. Greenstein testified that he knew that his interactions with Simmons were being filmed for the television show, and he wore a microphone so that his voice could be recorded. He also reviewed the raw footage at the end of each day to ensure the quality of the work performed by the camera crew.

As part of his production duties, Greenstein prepared a sign to be held up at all times during filming which stated that the television show was being videotaped and informing persons in its vicinity that they may be photographed.

“Your presence in this area shall be deemed consent to photograph you, to record your voice, and to exploit such image, photographs and sound recordings in this program and other programs in all media, worldwide, in perpetuity,” the sign stated. The sign was intended to inform the public that filming was taking place in a public area, and anyone who was filmed had to sign a release for their appearance, Greenstein claimed.

Although Greif and another producer testified that they had seen Greenstein sign a release, Greenstein asserted that he had never done so because he believed that he would have to be compensated if he appeared in the final version of the episode and did not sign a release.

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(thanks: KISS On Fire)