Priscilla Presley Speaks Out Amid Trust Legal Battle

Priscilla Presley is calling retired suspicious minds amid her ineligible conflict for power of Lisa Marie Presley's trust.

The 77-year-old, who is the ex-wife of euphony fable Elvis Presley, precocious filed a petition questioning the validity of their precocious daughter's will. In the tribunal filings antecedently obtained by E! News, Priscilla claimed determination were "issues surrounding the authenticity and validity" of a 2016 amendment to the volition that handed her archetypal presumption of co-trustee to Lisa Marie's 2 oldest kids: Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, who died by termination successful 2020.

Now, successful a connection to E! News, Priscilla seemingly touched connected the ineligible drama. "I loved Elvis precise overmuch arsenic helium loved me. Lisa is simply a effect of our love," she began. "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."

Lisa Marie—who passed distant connected Jan. 15 at the property of 54—inherited Elvis' property connected her 25th day successful 1993, astir 16 years aft the decease of her father. The spot included ownership of Graceland, the Memphis, Tenn., location where Elvis and different members of his household are buried. 

According to Priscilla's petition, she and erstwhile concern manager Barry Siegel were fixed the rubric of co-trustees successful a surviving volition Lisa Marie wrote successful 1993 and amended successful 2010. However, upon the singer's caller death, Priscilla discovered that a 2016 amendment to the volition had been made, which replaced her and Barry with Riley, 33, and her member arsenic co-trustees.

Priscilla's petition contested the validity of the amendment, noting however Lisa Marie "misspells her mother's name" successful the papers and that her handwriting "appears inconsistent with her accustomed and customary signature." The petition besides stated Priscilla ne'er received a transcript of the 2016 amendment erstwhile Lisa Marie was inactive alive, arsenic it is "required by the explicit presumption of the Trust," and requested that the document be deemed "invalid."