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- An amended criticism filed within the Los Angeles Superior Courtroom claims Priscilla Presley “exerted undue stress” on Elvis Presley months earlier than he died
- Priscilla and Elvis had been married in Could 1967 and their divorce was finalized in 1973
- Priscilla’s lawyer Martin D. Singer calls the allegations “despicable”
Priscilla Presley is going through bombshell claims that she allegedly positioned “undue [financial] stress” on her ex-husband Elvis Presley within the spring of 1977, finally “pushing him to his loss of life” that August.
Priscilla’s former enterprise companions Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko allege in an amended criticism filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on Friday, Sept. 5 that the actress, who has vehemently denied the claims, “knew she was entitled to inherit nothing from Elvis,” to whom she was married for six years earlier than their 1973 divorce.
“Regardless of enriching herself and extorting tens of millions of {dollars} from Elvis, she then positioned a lien on Graceland on or round April 29, 1977, within the quantity of $494,024.49, including stress to Elvis lower than 4 months earlier than he died on Aug. 16, 1977, from a coronary heart assault and drug issues. Priscilla exerted undue stress on Elvis, pushing him to his loss of life,” claims the submitting, which was obtained by ipromiseyoumedia.
Kruse and Fialko additionally allege within the amended criticism that they “sprang into motion to stop Priscilla’s monetary smash and public embarrassment.” The submitting additional states, “Regardless of Elvis’ needs in any other case, Priscilla continued to take advantage of the Presley title to fund her way of life. Ultimately deploying one other a part of her ‘grasp plan’ to dwell off the Presley title, Priscilla demanded $13-plus million in 2005 for her personal private acquire.”
Priscilla, 80, has denied the claims. Her lawyer Marty D. Singer stated in a press release to ipromiseyoumedia: “Priscilla didn’t have something to do with the assassination of JFK, she didn’t cowl up Space 51, she didn’t pretend the moon touchdown, and she or he isn’t secretly holding Bigfoot locked in a cabin in Canada.”
“Take off the aluminum foil hat and face actuality,” Singer added. “This lawsuit issues Ms. Presley’s claims towards Ms. Kruse (and her co-conspirators) wherein she alleges that Ms. Kruse engaged in a relentless and calculated marketing campaign of elder abuse and fraud with a purpose to take management of Ms. Presley’s funds for her personal profit. Ms. Kruse’s allegations are absurd and despicable, however sadly, should not shocking. Ms. Presley appears to be like ahead to holding Ms. Kruse and her co-conspirators liable for his or her wrongful acts.”
In response, Jordan Matthews of Holtz Matthews LLP, who represents Kruse and Fialko, stated: “Apparently, Ms. Presley’s protection is to listing off nonsense hyperbolic statements that don’t have any substance. The paperwork are in black and white and communicate volumes. So far, Ms. Presley has introduced zero proof in assist of her salacious claims, and we intend to carry her accountable for her reckless habits.”
The amended criticism marks the most recent growth within the authorized dispute between Presley and her former enterprise associates. A choose has not but dominated on the claims.
Kruse and Fialko filed swimsuit towards Priscilla in August, alleging that she “schemed” to defraud them, and ignored her daughter Lisa Marie Presley’s well being issues shortly earlier than she died in an try to “regain management” of her property — allegations that Priscilla has denied.
The submitting got here simply over one yr after Priscilla filed a lawsuit towards them, claiming she was a sufferer of elder abuse and had $1 million stolen from her. Kruse’s authorized crew later known as the lawsuit “retaliatory” for a 2023 breach of contract swimsuit filed by Kruse.
Priscilla first met the well-known crooner in 1959. She was simply 14 years outdated, and Elvis was serving within the military abroad in Germany.
By the point Elvis returned to america, the couple had cemented their bond, persevering with to correspond long-distance, and in 1963, Priscilla moved to America to be with him.
The previous couple married on Could 1, 1967. The shared one daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who died on the age of 54 in January 2023. Priscilla by no means married after her 1972 divorce from Elvis, however had a notable romance with Marco Garibaldi — with whom she shares son Navarone, 38 — from 1984 to 2006.
