"This is insane"— Internet reacts to lawsuit claiming Elvis Presley and Priscilla have a secret grandchild
Priscilla Presley's former business associate claimed that she and Elvis Presley have a secret grandchild who currently lives in Florida. Per the amended court documents filed against Priscilla, cited by In Touch Weekly on October 21, one person named Brigitte Kruse accused that Priscilla and Elvis' late daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, has a secret lovechild.
Kruse was reportedly Priscilla's business partner once, but the relationship turned sour when she sued the Presley matriarch for breach of contract. Priscilla Presley allegedly answered with her own lawsuit, suing Kruse for financial elder abuse in July, and the legal battle continues. In Kruse's complaint, amended on October 17, she claimed:
"Presley still has deep personal ties to Florida. Her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley, lives in Florida, in addition to a grandchild (the grandchild of Elvis and Presley), who still resides in Florida today."
The amended suit implies that Lisa Marie had a secret child in addition to her four children: Riley, Benjamin, Harper, and Finley.
Such a claim caused an uproar on social media, with netizens pointing out the "insane" allegation.
"This is insane. Ever since Lisa died there's just battle after battle for money. I hope Riley and her sisters have a good support system around them," a Reddit user commented.
Other netizens thought the lawsuit is another way for people to get their hands on Elvis Presley's estate, or at the very least, get a settlement.
"It's really sick that someone tried to steal Graceland from her. I mean her entire family is buried there. Some people have zero morals," a Reddit user wrote.
"Sound like someone is trying to grift or get a settlement," a user on Reddit added.
"Another day, another grifter looking for a buck from the Presley estate," another Reddit user wrote.
There are also other netizens who pointed out that, per past events, the conspiracy that Elvis Presley and Priscilla had a grandchild couldn't have been true.
"In her autobiography she mentions purposely getting pregnant with Riley because she felt great remorse about a abortion she had had before that. The only way I could see this to be true is if that was a lie and she had actually had the baby and give it up although I see no reason why she would do that," a user on Reddit pointed out.
"BS, as much as the media hounded her, this would have been known and told," another Reddit user said.
Elvis Presley and Priscilla's daughter Lisa Marie's memoir is out now amid secret grandchild claims
Elvis Presley and Priscilla's only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, died on January 2023 from surgery complications, and on October 8, her posthumous memoir titled From Here to the Great Unknown was released. Lisa Marie's daughter, Riley Keough, finished writing the book after her passing.
Elvis Presley and Priscilla's eldest known grandchild, Riley Keough, joined 7.30 on October 21 for an exclusive interview to talk about her mother's reason for writing the memoir. She said:
"I think that she just felt a desire to connect with people and share her life experiences, because she'd been through so much... And I think she kind of thought, what's the point of going through all of these things, like addiction and loss and, you know, very human things, falling in love and having children, if you can't share your story and help other people feel less alone in the world?"
While working on the memoir, Keough added that listening to her mom's voice on tapes was "incredibly emotional."
She said it was the first time she heard Lisa Marie's voice after she died, but while it was emotional, listening to her mom's tapes started making her feel like she was talking to her mom on the phone.
Keough also mentioned that her mom and Elvis Presley had a "really incredible bond" and that she was a "daddy's girl."
Lisa Marie Presley's From Here to the Great Unknown reveals accounts of her life, from her childhood and the challenges she faced in adulthood. It was selected for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club and is currently on Amazon's bestseller list.