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Kiss Settles Lawsuit From Hairstylist Who Says He Was Fired Over COVID Safety Complaints

Kiss settled a lawsuit accusing the band of firing a longtime hairstylist for complaining about “unsafe working conditions” amid COVID-19.

Kiss members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have reached a settlement to end a wrongful termination lawsuit accusing them of firing their longtime hairstylist after he complained about “unsafe working conditions” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With a jury trial set to kick off later this month, attorneys for both sides told a Los Angeles judge on Monday that they had “resolved” the case, in which David Mathews claimed that he had been abruptly terminated in 2022 after serving as the band’s hairstylist for 30 years. The band is also facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of Francis S. Stueber, a longtime guitar tech who died in October 2021 while quarantining in a hotel room.

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