Lita Ford says that she was recently able to see her sons for the first time in nearly 10 years.

Ford hadn't been in touch with her kids since shortly after her divorce in 2011, when she was allegedly denied contact with both of her sons. Her husband of 17 years, NITRO singer Jim Gillette, retained custody of James, who is now 21, and Rocco, who is 17. She has alleged that he had brainwashed them against her.

Mother - by Lita Ford - from the new album, 'Living Like a Runaway' - Producer / Director: Victory Tischler. Lita Ford sits down with Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann to talk the Runaways, her extreme family issues and more in this edition of 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?'

Ford and Gillette lived for a decade on the remote British island territory Turks and Caicos, about 600 miles southeast of Miami, with little connection to the outside world. She explained that it was when they moved back to Florida full-time in 2007 that Gillette began exerting a lot of control over her, practically smothering her while they made her 2009 album, 'Wicked Wonderland', her first release of new material in 14 years.

Earlier this month, Lita made an appearance on the 'Veterans In Politics' TV show on WWDBTV.com to discuss her work as an activist for parental alienation and her efforts to get through to her own children.

Speaking about her custody arrangement with her ex-husband, Lita said (hear audio below): 'By the time our divorce was final and everything was said and done, it was such a joke that it didn't matter what I got on paper. There was no way I was gonna be in those boys' lives. They were such a mess by the time I left and my ex-husband left that it just didn't matter. I just needed to walk away from everything and regroup and come back with Plan B. The big problem for me was I couldn't find them after hiring four or five private investigators and them being out of the country in a Carribbean island. I really didn't have any United States… The Hague Convention, the Hague treaty was working against me with them being in a Caribbean island. And when they did come back to the United States, it took me nine years to track them down and find out that they were living in Tennessee. If somebody wants to fall below the radar, they can.'

Asked what justification the courts used to deny her custody of her two children, Lita said: 'They said I was not taking the medication that they prescribed for me that was absolutely ridiculous. It was just an excuse. I did everything in my power that they asked me to do. I did everything. They had nothing on me. And my ex-husband was just lying, he was just making up stuff as we went along. It was just insane. And as he made stuff up, there was no proof that I did all these things he said I did. It was just absolutely crazy. Because I really was a great mom. I put everything into being a mom. I stopped my musical career. I focused on nothing but my boys. I homeschooled my boys living on that deserted island. I mean, I spent all day every day with these kids. I had stacks of books. And then we would go fishing and we would cook dinner. We had a great, great relationship. So for them to turn around and say, 'Mom, you did this and you did that.' Like, 'Wait a minute. You guys are dreaming. You guys are being brainwashed by your dad.' And the attorneys are just feeding off of that.'

Ford, who launched the Parental Alienation Awareness Facebook page a few years ago, said that she was finally able to get in touch with her sons and speak to them, although the meeting didn't go as well as she had hoped.

'I just contacted them for the first time in almost 10 years,' she said. 'And I was able to serve my ex-husband with papers saying that I want to see my son, my 17-year-old son. Because my older son now, being 21, there really isn't much I can do. So I was able to go in and see my kids for maybe 10 minutes in a mediation. But my ex-husband had turned them against me so badly that when I went into the mediation, all they did was accuse me of things and get angry at me and point their finger at me. It was horrible — it was absolutely horrible — because he's still sticking to the same crap stories.'

Back in 2015, Gillette explained that the court-ordered custody arrangement was in his sons' best interest.

Pokemon Ash Gray is one of the most downloaded and played for several years now and counting. The latest update of the game was released on May 5, 2015, and till the present days Ash Gray still one of the most popularly played modified version of FireRed even though the game hasn’t been updated for several years. Pokemon ash gray rom download. Pokemon Ash Gray ROM Download. With the useful informations you read on the homepage, I am sure you will like Pokemon Ash Gray and want to try it. If you are looking for Pokemon Ash Gray Download, this page provides the high speed links to you. It can played well with GBA Emulators on Windows, Mac OS, Android, iOS. Free Download Pokemon Ash Gray ROM from Roms World completely free without any hassle. Get the source file to run it in your emulator along with the save files. We got all the files of Pokemon Ash Gray hack that you will need to play the game on your Gameboy Advance. Pokemon AshGray The most popular game On Firered Serious And Game Lover Download This Pokemon Ash Gray was released on 5 May 2015. All ROMs as we all know, have various sprites, tools, maps, tiles, etc. Ash Gray Pokemon has a sort of unique feature, scenery and the story every Pokemon gamer will love.

'I have sole legal and physical custody of our sons,' Gillette told Metal Sludge. 'Unfortunately, it goes much further than that… Lita Ford is not even allowed to see our sons by way of an agreed-upon court order. This order was signed after nearly two years of litigation, during which time the courts only allowed her supervised visitation.'

Gillette also said that while his sons have urged him to 'tell the world our side of the story,' he didn't want to share the dirty details, explaining that 'divorce is hard enough on kids and they certainly don't need to be hurt or embarrassed by an irrational parent who has an agenda.'

In July 2015, James Gillette, the older of the two Ford-Gillette sons, released a statement to Metal Sludge in which he called his mother 'a child abuser. She was violent, threatening, and tried to make my brother and me hate our dad. Her attempts at parental alienation were constant and never-ending. When we didn't agree with her, she would become livid and out of control. We told child services, the sheriff's department, and many court-appointed professionals that our mother was crazy, violent, and we were afraid she would someday kill us in a fit of rage.'

He added: We have not been kidnapped. We live with our dad and have every right to. Thankfully we never have to see our mother again and we have the legal paperwork to prove it.

'Unfortunately, my mother has never accepted any responsibility for her actions and continues to blame anyone and everyone all while publicly playing the victim.'

Jim and James Gillette appeared on SiriusXM's 'Opie With Jim Norton' show in March 2016 to respond to Lita's allegations that the kids had been coaxed by Jim to attack her. You can listen to the audio of their appearance at this location (beginning at around the 44-minute mark).

Lita recorded the song 'Mother' in 2013 as a tribute to her sons.

Photo credit: Dustin Jack

La Lita Ford (Streatham al 19 ad Setémbar dal 1958), in cumùṅ la s ciàma Lita Rossana Ford, l'è na cantànta e chitarìsta heavy metal americàna cun di urìgini ingléśi e itagliàni. Sò màdar la s ciàma Isabella (Lisa) mèntar sò pàdar 'l éra 'n militàr ingléś.

L'à tacâ la sò caréra in dal grup dal Runaways dla Joan Jett ma pò l'à cuntinuâ da par lē, tucànd al màsim dal sucès c'n al disc Lita e 'l sìngul Kiss me deadly.

In dal cōrs dal tèmp la s è misa insém a Nikki Sixx di Mötley Crüe, a Tony Iommi di Black Sabbath, a Joe Lynn Turner di Rainbow, a Chris Holmes di W.A.S.P. e a Jim Gillette di Nitro e cun chi lò la gh'à abû anc dū fiōi anc se pò l'à divursiâ in dal 2011.

Biugrafìa

Gl'Inìsi

Dòp ch'al Runaways i s éran mulàdi in dal 1979, la Lita la taca na caréra sulìsta firmànd par la Mercury Records e miténd insém al sò grup, al basìsta canadéś Neil Merryweather e al baterìsta Dusty Watson. Cun chi dū lè la regìstra al sò prim disc in dal 1983, Out for Blood (Fóra p'r al sangṿ), 'n àlbum pēś ma pasâ sénsa lasàr trasa anc parchè la sò cà discugràfica la n s éra minga impgnàda dimóndi par cuciàr-'l in élt.

In séguit la tōś al basìsta Hugh McDonald e al baterìsta Randy Castillo e in dal 1984 la fà gnir fóra al secónd disc Dancin' On The Edge (Balànd a 'l lìmit). 'L àlbum al véd la partecipasiòṅ ad Jeff Lieb in dla scritùra di braṅ e 'l uś ad sintetiśadōr al rénd al sòṅ più alśēr. I sìngui i èṅ Gotta let go, Dressed to kill e Fire in my heart. La Lita la gh la cava a partìr par di cuncèrt in Europa a fiànc di Rainbow e di Black Sabbath ma, durànt al tour, Castillo al la mòla e al vèṅ rimpiasâ p'r Eric Singer, in séguit c'n i Kiss.

Al sucès

Al sò tèrs àlbum al s ciàma Lita e al véd la luś in dal 1988 par la RCA Records. La Lita l'iva tòlt in cal perìud lè la Sharon Osbourne, mujér 'd Ozzy, cuma manager e l'iva dâ a mènt a i sò cunsìli ad tōr di artista bòṅ par lauràr in dal disc, cuma Myron Grombacher, baterìsta ad Pat Benatar e di Vinnie Vincent Invasion, David Ezrin a 'l tastéri e Ozzy Osbourne stés p'r un duét. Al chitarìsta 'l éra Steve Fister, ch'in pasâ 'l iva tintâ, sénsa sucès, ad sunàr pròpria c'n al “Madman”. Anc a livèl ad scritùri, al disc al mét in fila di pès gròs: Nikki Sixx di Motley Crue (un tèmp sò muróś) e Lemmy Kilmister di Motörhead.

Al disc 'l è più melòdic ad chi àtar e, anc par via ad sìngui ad sucès cuma Kiss me deadly (dimóndi traśmìs a la raddio), Back to the cave e Close my eyes forever (cantâ insém a Ozzy), al vénd un muć. Insém a chi pès lè, al disc al pōl cuntàr anc su la rabìda Can't catch me e su la dura Blueberry. Anc par via dal sucès dimóndi grôs ad cal lavōr chè, la Ford la pōl sunàr insém a i Poison in di Stat Unî e a i Bon Jovi in Europa in dua la tira śò, p'r al marcâ d'l home video, un sò cuncèrt ingléś dal 1989 a 'l stadi ad Wembley.

I an Nuànta

Al 26 ad Śugn dal 1990 la Lita Ford la spóśa Chris Holmes, al chitarìsta di W.A.S.P., e sèmpar in c'l an lè la fà vgnir fóra al sò quart disc intitulâ Stiletto, 'n àlbum fat bèṅ ch'al gh'à dènt'r i sìngui Hungry (dimóndi malisióśa) e Lisa (p'r arcurdàr sò màdar), la cover 'd Alice CooperOnly women bleed e di àtar braṅ sòlid cuma Stiletto, Dedication e Cherry red, quésta chè druàda anc in 'n epiśòdi dla telenuvéla Beautiful sensa che lē la saìs gnint.

Purtròp al disc al n à minga abû di riscóntar bòṅ in dal vénditi anc se pò la Lita la s è tòlta listés la sudisfasiòṅ ad cumparìr in dal Circus Rock Hall of Fame, prima dóna dla stòria dal rock a psēr dir 'd avér-g-la cavàda a mét'r-as in bisàca cal tìtul lè.

In dal 1991 la Lita la divòrsia e la taca a lauràr a 'l disc nóṿ, Dangerous Curves (Curvi periculóśi), nóm tòlt in prèst da 'l tìtul dna canta ad Sammy Hagar di Van Halen ch'al l'iva scrita pinsànd a lē. Ma 'l pùblic in cal perìud lè al gh'à di àtar gust, al va adrē a i Nirvana e a 'l grunge, e anc c'l àlbum chè, pîṅ ad côr in di riturnèi e dedicâ a sò genitór mòrt, al n vénd minga abàsta e 'l è 'n pcâ parchè al gh'iva dèntar di braṅ minga mâł cuma i sìngui Shot of poison, Playing with fire, Larger than life, la canta Bad love, ch'la dascurìva di prubléma cun sò marè, e 'l braṅ Little too early, scrit cun Joe Lynn Turner e Ritchie Blackmore.

In dal 1994 la Carmelita la cgnós Jim Gillette (ex cantànt di Nitro) in un club ad Dallas e la 'l spósa dòp dū stmani. Chi lò al fà pò i côr in dal disc nóṿ ad sò mujér, Black (Négar), 'n àlbum pîṅ ad sòṅ grunge e alternative rock, ch'al vèṅ fóra sóta n'etichéta tedésca, la ZYX Records.

In dal 1997 a nas sò fiōl James Leonard Gillette e la Lita la regìstra dū cover di Led Zeppelin, Whole lotta love e Rock & roll, par la compilation Stairway to Heaven. La sa stablìs in Flòrida e in dal 2001, la gh'à 'n àtar putèṅ.

I an Dumìla

In dal Maǵ dal 2000 la Lita la fà vgnir fóra al sò prim disc da 'l viṿ Greatest Hits Live! ch'a ś vèra però cun 'n inèdit in studi, Nobody's Child. I àtar trédas braṅ i èṅ live e i èṅ stâ rigistrâ in dal sud dla Califòrgna, 'l è fàcil durànt al tour dal disc Dangerous Curves.

In dal Mars dal 2009 la firma 'n cuntràt par la Collier Entertainment ad New York e la diś a tut ch'l'è prònta a far gnir fóra un disc nóṿ, a quìnd'ś an da 'l àlbum precedènt.

In d'l Agóst dal 2009 a véd la luś Wicked Wonderland (Paéś dal maravìi catìvi), cun quìndas braṅ dèntar e in du a canta anc sò marè. Al cansòṅ più impurtànti i èṅ al sìngul Crave, Patriotic SOB (in dua la sòna p'r un mumènt un pès d'l inn americaṅ cun la sò chitàra lètrica), Scream 4 me e Bed. Na versiòṅ limitàda in vinîl la vèṅ fóra in Utóbar, cun dū pès tòlt via e i àtar misćiâ in na manéra difarénta.

In dal Favràr dal 2011 la Lita la diś in n'intervìsta ch'l'è drē a pasàr un brut mumènt parchè l'è drē a divìd'r-as da sò marè dòp sed'ś-an ad matrimòni e ch'un sò àlbum nóṿ 'l è bèla prònt par vgnir fóra. Al tìtul al gh'arà da èsar The Healing e al dascurarà ad càncar, malatìi, pèrdidi e separasiòṅ ma cun la vója ad dar curàǵ a chi àtar. Invéci a n và mia acsè parchè al sò utàṿ lavōr in studi al pòrta 'l nóm ad Living Like a Runaway e 'l è prònt in dal Śugn dal 2012. La versiòṅ digipak la gh'à anc na bonus track, la cover 'd Elton JohnThe Bitch Is Back.

Discugrafìa

In studi

• 1983Out for Blood
• 1984Dancin' On The Edge
• 1988Lita
• 1990Stiletto
• 1991Dangerous Curves
• 1994Black
• 2009Wicked Wonderland
• 2012Living Like a Runaway

Da 'l viṿ

• 2000Greatest Hits Live!
• 2013The Bitch Is Back

Racòlti

• 1992The Best of Lita Ford
• 1993Greatest Hits
• 1997Kiss Me Deadly
• 2004Platinum and Gold Collection - The Best of Lita Ford

Videugrafìa

• 1989 Lita Video
• 1990 A Midnight Snack
• 1991 Dangerous Videos Vol.1
• 2003 Complete Video Collection

Culegamènt estéran in ingléś

• (EN) MySpace uficiàl
• (EN) Sit uficiàl dal Runaways
• (EN) Biugrafìa
• (EN) Intervìsta a Metal Maidens
• (EN) Al vìddeo ad Close my Eyes Forever in sal Youtube
• (EN) Al vìddeo 'd Hungry in sal Youtube
• (EN) Al vìddeo ad Playin' With Fire in sal Youtube
• (EN) Al vìddeo ad Kiss me Deadly in sal Youtube