An attorney for Priscilla Presley has responded to a lawsuit filed by his client’s former business partners earlier this week accusing her of hastening her daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s death so she could take control over her ex-husband Elvis Presley’s financial estate.
Marty Singer, Priscilla Presley’s attorney, called the lawsuit “a sad and vicious attempt to falsely tarnish the reputation of an eighty-year-old woman” in a statement to NBC News.
“Accusing a grieving mother of contributing to her daughter’s death is not savvy advocacy; it is malicious character assassination, and should be broadly condemned,” Singer said. “These fabricated claims have absolutely no validity and we are confident this case will be dismissed.”
Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Priscilla Presley, “stands behind her grandmother 100% and is equally disgusted with this latest, vicious attempt … to ruin her grandmother’s life,” Singer said.
Representatives for Keough said in a statement to NBC News her grandmother’s attorneys “say it all.”
Priscilla Presley’s former business partners, Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko, filed a complaint against her in LA County Superior Court on Monday, Aug. 11, accusing her of fraud, breach of contract and other civil misdeeds.
Kruse and Fialko, who were once the heads of Priscilla Presley Partners, say in the suit they had been collaborating with Priscilla Presley to maximize her name, image and likeness.
But once they improved her financial standing, she “abruptly cut ties” with them and denied them brand opportunities related to the movie “Priscilla” and other projects, Kruse and Fialko allege.
Kruse and Fialko also make an explosive allegation regarding the death of Priscilla Presley’s daughter in 2023.
Lisa Marie Presley died of a small bowel obstruction on Jan. 12, 2023, in Los Angeles, according to an autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner obtained by NBC News.
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