Actress Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley, has reportedly locked her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, out of the enduring singer’s historic Graceland property. Per The Daily Mail, Keough’s determination comes after Priscilla contested an modification to her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s will.
Lisa Marie handed away in January at age 54 after affected by suspected cardiac arrest. Her dying got here simply two days after the Golden Globes, the place she and Priscilla appeared collectively in help of the film Elvis. (Actor Austin Butler, whose closely accented portrayal of The King turned the stuff of meme legend, misplaced the Academy Award for Best Actor to Brendan Fraser on Sunday evening.)
On the time of Lisa Marie’s dying, she nonetheless owed hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to the IRS, however she’d additionally retained $35 million in life insurance policies, of which her 14-year-old twin daughters have been named the beneficiaries and Keough was named the trustee, changing Priscilla.
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Now, The Every day Mail says a supply instructed them that as a result of Priscilla has moved to problem the validity of her daughter’s will, which primarily minimize her out of a trust worth a fortune, Keough has “modified the locks on the upstairs doorways and archives” to forestall Priscilla from accessing the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
Simply final week, a Presley household supply instructed People that Keough and her grandmother “don’t see eye to eye.” The outlet additionally reported that Lisa Marie’s belief contains the Graceland mansion and a 15 % stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises, all of which introduced in roughly $110 million in 2022.
The Every day Beast has reached out to Keough and Presley for remark.
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