Lisa Marie Presley's Friend Supports Trust Going To Children As Priscilla Contests It, Says It's What She Wanted
31.01.2023 - 19:19
/ perezhilton.com
Lisa Marie Presley absolutely wanted her children to become the trustees of her estate, despite her mother Priscilla Presley’s new legal battle!
As we’ve been following, last week attorneys for Priscilla filed a petition in Los Angeles questioning the “authenticity and validity” of Lisa Marie’s will, which included a 2016 amendment putting her children, Riley and the late Benjamin Keough, in charge. According to People, twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, 14, were also assigned as trustees. This means all three daughters will be left with Elvis Presley’s Graceland property and 15 percent ownership of the rock ‘n roll legend’s estate, as well as their mother’s fortune.
According to the petition, obtained by People, Lisa Marie wrote a living trust in 1993 and amended it in 2010, adding her mother and former business manager, Barry Siegel, as co-trustees. After her January 12 death, Priscilla discovered changes had been added in 2016 that she wasn’t privy to (replacing the pair with Lisa Marie’s children) — and now she’s fighting to make the amendment invalid. Some have called it an outright “money grab,” and this latest source doesn’t seem to disagree.
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On Monday, a friend of Lisa Marie’s opened up to People about the 77-year-old’s legal fight — and they are firmly on the late star’s side! They shared:
According to the friend, Lisa Marie “did not have a relationship” with her mother when she made the 2016 amendment. It sounds like there were several reasons for this estrangement, but one was very clear: Lisa Marie wasn’t happy that Priscilla maintained a relationship with her ex-husband Michael Lockwood after their messy divorce (which they first filed