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Priscilla Presley Speaks Out Amid Trust Legal Battle
Lisa Marie Presley's household is coming together following her death.
Four months aft the late singer's mother, Priscilla Presley, filed documents questioning the validity of Lisa Marie's will, a colony has been reached successful the matter.
"The families are happy," Priscilla's lawyer Ronson J. Shamoun shared with reporters outside a May 16 tribunal hearing, per CNN. "Everyone is happy, unified, unneurotic and excited for the future."
Meanwhile, a typical for Lisa Marie's girl Riley Keough, who was named successful the volition arsenic the beneficiary of Lisa Marie's estate, told the outlet that she "is precise content" pursuing the agreement.
According to CNN, attorneys for some sides person shared plans to "file a question to seal the colony agreement," with the justice mounting a June 12 deadline and a follow-up tribunal proceeding for Aug. 4. No further details astir the colony person been made nationalist astatine this time.
E! News has reached retired to Pricilla and Riley's respective ineligible teams for remark and has not heard back.
In the Jan. 28 tribunal filings obtained by E! News, Priscilla alleged determination were "issues surrounding the authenticity and validity" of a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie's will that gave her archetypal presumption of co-trustee to her 2 oldest kids: Riley and Benjamin Keough, who died by termination successful 2020 astatine the property of 27.
Days aft filing the documents, Elvis Presley's ex-wife appeared to code the case successful a connection to E! News.
"I loved Elvis precise overmuch arsenic helium loved me. Lisa is simply a effect of our love," Priscilla said. "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."
She past encouraged fans disregard "the noise."
"As I person ever been determination for Elvis' legacy, our household and the fans," she continued, "I volition proceed to forge a pathway guardant with respect, honesty, dignity, integrity and love."
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Lisa Marie passed distant successful mid-January astatine the property of 54.
"It is with a dense bosom that I indispensable stock the devastating quality that my beauteous girl Lisa Marie has near us," Priscilla confirmed successful a connection to People Jan. 12. "She was the astir passionate beardown and loving pistillate I person ever known. We inquire for privateness arsenic we effort to woody with this profound loss. Thank you for the emotion and prayers."
It summation to Riley and Benjamin, Lisa Marie was ma to 14-year-old twins Harper and Finley, who she shared with ex-husband Michael Lockwood.
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