Priscilla Presley, Riley Keough, Sofia Coppola
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images; Taylor Hill/WireImage/Getty ImagesPriscilla Presley New court documents have been filed in the ongoing elder abuse lawsuit.
In new court documents, Presley, 79, alleged that a former business partner interfered with her relations with her granddaughter. Riley Keough And the director Sofia Coppola In the deposit he received Us Weekly. (In touch He was the first to break the news.)
Presley accused accused Brigitte Cross Her alleged followers made a “concerted effort to gain my trust and isolate me from my key advisors.”
“They have expanded their interest in my affairs and sought to insert themselves into every area of my life,” the filing said. “Under the guise of ‘helping’ me with my financial affairs, which Defendants say are being mismanaged by my longtime advisors, Defendants deceived me into giving them control and access to my funds.”
Priscilla Presley has sued several of her business partners over 12 different complaints, including financial elder abuse, Us Weekly confirms. Celebrity attorney Marty Singer filed a lawsuit against four of Presley's associates, 79, on Thursday, July 18, alleging that they planned to “drain every penny she had.” (TMZ was the first to report…)
According to Presley, Cross isolated her from family, friends, and advisors “to assert more and more control over my life.”
Sofia Coppola and Priscilla Presley
Dominique Chariot/WireImage/Getty Images“She made an effort to involve herself in every business transaction she had at the time and in personal disputes that had nothing to do with her,” Presley alleged in the documents, adding that Cross tried to interfere in her relationship with Coppola, 53. (Take out the director Priscilla In 2023 about Priscilla's previous marriage Until late Elvis Presley.)
Priscilla also claimed that Cross “strained” her relationship with Coppola after she tried to “involve herself into the deal” she made regarding her. Adapting her memoir For the big screen.
“(She sent) multiple communications to the film's Los Angeles director, Sofia Coppola, trying to get credit for the picture, and trying to get an invitation to the film's premiere,” the docs alleged, arguing that Cross did the same thing with Priscilla. family.
“(She) did her best to involve herself in a family problem I was having when she was my daughter, Lisa MarieHe died unexpectedly in January 2023.” “Including (but not limited to) making several unsolicited trips to California to meet with me, interfering with legal negotiations and the resulting settlement agreement, and causing conflict between me and my granddaughter (Riley).”
Brigitte Cross, Priscilla Presley's former business partner, has responded to her allegations of financial elder abuse. Cross issued a statement to Us Weekly on Monday, January 22, dismissing the claims as “retaliation” in the lawsuit filed by Presley's attorney, Marty Singer, four days earlier. He added: “We are confident that the facts will speak for themselves and (…)
Lisa Marie, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla, inherited her father's estate in Graceland and more when he died in 1977. After her death in 2023, Lisa Marie inherited her father's estate in Graceland and more when he died in 1977. Ownership has been transferred To Q, 35 years old. (Riley is the eldest daughter of Lisa Marie and her ex-husband Danny Q. Their son Benjamin died in 2020 at the age of 27.)
Riley Keough
Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesAfter a back-and-forth battle over Lisa Marie's will, Riley and Priscilla eventually settled out of court. (In November 2023, Priscilla said Piers Morgan Uncensored Which I trusted Riley to manage the property “Good.”)
“Things with Grandma will be happy,” Riley said He said Vanity gallery In a profile published late last year. “They were never happy. … There was a little bit of turmoil (after my mother died), but now everything will be as it was. (Priscilla) is a beautiful woman and was a big part of creating my grandfather's legacy and Graceland. It's very important to her. He was the love of her life “.
Resolve matters. Lisa Marie Presley's death has caused emotional and legal turmoil for her famous family. The only daughter of Elvis Presley died at the age of 54 on January 12, 2023, after suffering a heart attack. Although her eldest daughter, actress Riley Keough, took over ownership of her estate after her death, Lisa Marie's mother, Priscilla (…)
In connection with Priscilla's ongoing lawsuit, Us Weekly He confirmed in July 2024 that She has filed a lawsuit against four of her former business partners For a million dollars after they accused her of abusing the elderly. The actress alleged in her lawsuit that Cross and his other associates conspired to take advantage of her financial resources, and described Cross as a “con artist and pathological liar.” Per Priscilla, the two women met in 2021 when Cross began selling Elvis memorabilia before slowly taking control of Priscilla's finances.
“This action arises from a hateful and meticulously planned scheme by the defendants in this action to exploit an elderly woman by gaining her trust, isolating her from the most important people in her life, and deceiving her,” Priscilla’s attorneys wrote in the initial lawsuit. She made her believe they would take care of her (personally and financially), when their real goal was to drain every penny she had.
In a statement to we“Any statements I have to make will be in my court documents,” Cross said. “However, I have decided to write a book about my treatment and experience with this family. It is coming. One will never be able to understand what these people did to me and my children, let alone “The whole truth will come out, and I will make sure of that.”
