Things are not good successful the location that the King built. In the aftermath of Lisa Marie Presley‘s passing connected Jan. 12, her daughter, Riley Keough, was named a co-trustee of Lisa Marie’s trust, portion Graceland – the Memphis, Tennessee, property that belonged to her father, Elvis Presley – went to Riley, 33, and Lisa Marie’s 14-year-old twins, Harper and Finley. Lisa Marie’s mother, Pricilla Presley, is contesting this successful court, causing a rift betwixt the King’s kin. “It has been a precise tense and heartbreaking fewer weeks for some Riley and Priscilla,” reports Entertainment Tonight. “Riley has been mourning the nonaccomplishment of her parent and is heartbroken to person to woody with a spot quality with a household member.”
Priscilla, 77, is “adamant that she has a valid lawsuit and that she volition prevail successful court,” reports ET. Lisa Marie legally named her parent and her erstwhile concern manager, Barry Siegel, arsenic trustees successful 2010. Priscilla reportedly recovered a papers aft Lisa Marie’s decease that amended the spot and named her daughter, Riley, and her lad – Benjamin Keough, who died successful 2020 – arsenic trustees, removing Pricilla from the equation. The King’s widow is challenging this, and this clash has caused Pricilla and Riley to halt talking to each other. “Riley and Priscilla aren’t communicating astatine this clip but person been successful connection done lawyers,” ET reports.
Both sides are “gearing up for court,” per the report, though Riley would “prefer to settee this quality privately.” ET reports that the histrion is “heartbroken that this has turned into a nationalist substance and knows her parent would ne'er privation this.”
Riley is “very stressed astatine the infinitesimal and has been trying to support a affirmative cognition and outlook up of her caller bid [Daisy Jones & The Six] coming out.” ET also claims that Pricilla feels she “is close successful her heart” with this determination to clasp power implicit the spot and that she is “convinced that the [2016] documents person been forged.”
Pricilla released a statement connected Feb. 3 pursuing the reports that she’s challenging Riley for the trust. “I loved Elvis precise overmuch arsenic helium loved me. Lisa is simply a effect of our love,” she wrote. “For anyone to deliberation thing otherwise would beryllium a travesty of the household bequest and would beryllium disrespectful of what Elvis near down successful his life. Please let america the clip we request to enactment unneurotic and benignant this out. Please disregard ‘the noise.’ As I person ever been determination for Elvis’ legacy, our family, and the fans, I volition proceed to forge a pathway guardant with respect, honesty, dignity, integrity, and love.”
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