The widow of “King” Elvis contested the will of her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who died in mid-January, because she was not included in the estate.
Priscilla Presley, the widow of “King” Elvis, has reached a compromise concerning the will of her daughter Lisa, who died in mid-January, which she contested because she was not included in the estate, her lawyer announced on Tuesday.
Lisa Marie Presley, the rock’n’roll legend’s only daughter who had her own musical career, died suddenly in Los Angeles on January 12 of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 54.
During her lifetime, she notably maintained control of Graceland, the mansion owned by her father in Memphis, Tennessee, and where he was found unconscious before his death in August 1977. A place that has become a place of pilgrimage for fans of the “King”.
“The families are satisfied”
The singer had appointed her mother Priscilla as one of the administrators of her large estate in 2010, but she changed her will in 2016 to leave her fortune to her eldest daughter, actress Riley Keough.
Priscilla Presley challenged the new will in January: her defense argued that she only discovered the changes after her daughter’s death and questioned the authenticity of Lisa Marie Presley’s signature.
On Tuesday, the widow’s attorney, Ronson Shamoun, told a Los Angeles judge that a compromise had been reached. No details have been disclosed about this agreement.
“The families are satisfied,” counsel said outside the courtroom. According to him, all concerned are “united, together and enthusiastic for the future”.
Riley Keough is also pleased to have ended the litigation, explained her lawyer, Justin Gold.
Respect the “privacy” of the family
Now 77, Priscilla Presley divorced Elvis in 1973 after six years of marriage. “I want to make it clear that there has never been a lawsuit filed against my beloved granddaughter,” the widow said in a statement sent to her agent.
“As a family, we are happy to have solved this problem together”, she added, claiming to respect the “privacy” of the family “to mourn Lisa Marie”.
Riley Keough, 33, is an actress who starred in the blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road and more recently in independent film Zola. Lisa Marie Presley also left behind two twin daughters, Harper and Finley.
