Priscilla Presley, Elvis‘ ex-wife and mom of Lisa Marie, is embroiled in a lagl battle over management of the King’s property.
When Elvis died in 1977, his property was positioned right into a belief, with Lisa Marie ultimately changing into its sole beneficiary. Although she suffered by many monetary issues through the years, together with a public battle with the household’s enterprise supervisor, Barry Siegel, the Elvis model continued to generate profits. Lisa Marie bought off 85 p.c of the property in 2005 to assist pay her mounting money owed, which Siegel claimed had been the results of her “steady, extreme spending.” The remaining 15 p.c continues to be within the household, and stays fairly precious. Elvis Presley Enterprises reportedly pulled in $110 million in 2022.
Lisa Marie’s death early this yr set into movement a battle over who’s subsequent in line because the King’s beneficiary. A change to the belief in 2016 – approved by Lisa Marie – eliminated Priscilla and Siegel as trustees, and designated Riley and Benjamin Keough, Lisa Marie’s youngsters with ex-husband Danny Keough, as co-trustees. Benjamin died by suicide in 2020, leaving Riley – a profitable actress at the moment starring in Daisy Jones & The Six – as Elvis’ lone inheritor.
On Jan. 26, two weeks after Lisa Marie’s demise, Priscilla filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom difficult the 2016 modification to the belief, insisting that she needs to be reinstated as trustee.
In accordance with Forbes, Priscilla’s authorized claims allege a number of points with the modification. “Amongst them, the modification was by no means delivered to Priscilla as required by the unique belief phrases. Moreover, there are points with the doc together with that the date was added through .pdf and the belief misspells Priscilla’s identify. No provisions of the modification seem on the signature web page, and Lisa Marie Presley’s signature doesn’t match her normal signature. Lastly, the 2016 modification was not witnessed or notarized, and in line with court docket paperwork, the unique has not been positioned.”
Due to these issues, Pricilla’s attorneys consider the modification is “an invalid modification.”
Keough has not commented on the scenario. In a press release to NBC News, Priscilla insisted her actions had been motivated by a want to honor her ex-husband’s legacy. “I liked Elvis very a lot as he liked me. Lisa is a results of our love. For anybody to assume something in another way can be a travesty of the household legacy and can be disrespectful of what Elvis left behind in his life.”
“Please permit us the time we have to work collectively and type this out,” she continued, asking for the general public to withhold judgment concerning the authorized battle. “Please ignore ‘the noise.’ As I’ve all the time been there for Elvis’ legacy, our household and the followers, I’ll proceed to forge a pathway ahead with respect, honesty, dignity, integrity and love.”
The warfare over Elvis’ property wages on because the King is as soon as once more on the heart of pop-culture. The Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic Elvis, is up for eight Academy Awards, with Austin Butler, who stars as the long-lasting rocker, a favourite within the Finest Actor class.
