LITA FORD's Ex-Husband JIM GILLETTE Fires Back: Her Self-Serving Claims And Slanderous Allegations Are Ludicrous

Former NITRO singer Jim Gillette has dismissed Lita Ford's "self-serving claims and slanderous allegations" as "completely and 100% ludicrous," insisting that his ex-wife's accusations have been "more than a little frightening for our family."

Ford and Gillette were married for 16 years but split up in 2011. According to Ford, her difficult divorce helped inspire her latest album, "Living Like A Runaway" — which she originally planned to title "The Healing" — and she accused her former husband of turning their two sons against her.

Speaking to Decibel magazine, Ford explained "My kids [James and Rocco] are with their dad. There was a huge divorce that went down. Basically, he brainwashed them and took them from me — not legally, [but by saying], 'Oh, you don't want to go with Mommy, Mommy's bad. Don’t go with Mommy."

Ford then fired back with the song "Mother", where she spoke directly to her children. She wrote: "He paints an ugly picture of you and I / So far from truth / It’s so hard to see / The only way to hurt me was through my love for you / I am your mother / Please understand why I have to leave / The pain was deep / He was hurting me."

In a brand new interview with Metal Sludge, Gillette broke his silence on the situation, saying, "Unlike Lita, I don't believe it's right to say bad things about a child's parent publicly or in private. I think 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. That said, I suppose I could finally shed a little light on the subject without being too harsh.

"First of all and for the record, I have sole legal and physical custody of our sons. Unfortunately, it goes much further than that. As heartbreaking and unbelievable as this might sound, 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.”

He continued: "Everything is legal about the boys being with me, and all of Lita's self-serving claims and slanderous allegations are completely and 100% ludicrous. Quite frankly, all of this is more than a little frightening for our family.

"Our sons have urged me for years to tell the world our side of the story but this is all I'm prepared to share at this point in time."

Earlier today, Ford posted a message for her ex-husband on the Lita Ford's Parental-Alienation Awareness group on Facebook, which she launched in 2012. She wrote: "Wouldn't it just be easier to allow me to see my sons, Jim? You are the world's greatest pathological liar."

Lita told Classic Rock Revisited in a 2011 interview that she had become afraid of Gillette, who is a bodybuilder and martial artist. "Yes, he's big and yes, he's scary and it is real," she said. "There is nothing phony about him at all and I don’t like it. When you're that big, and you're that scary, then you need to pick on somebody your own size.

"I wanted to get a divorce because he was hurting me," Ford continued. "You see how big he is; it's not right. I got an attorney and I asked her, 'How do I get out of the house?' She said, 'Wait until there is nobody around and then get your stuff and get out.' I said, 'I can't leave my kids.' I don't know why, or how the hell he knew, but he knew I was going to try and take my kids and he wouldn't let them out of his sight. He changed them. I don't know what he said to them but right now my kids are scared to death of me."