Riley Keough is reportedly “disappointed” that her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, is challenging her mother’s trust. A source spoke to Entertainment Tonight saying that the actress feels that Priscilla’s challenge to the late Lisa Marie Presley’s will goes against “her mom’s wishes.”
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“Riley wants to keep the family together and keep Lisa Marie’s legacy in a positive light, but she feels that her grandmother’s actions are pushing the family apart even more,” the source stated. “It’s upsetting to her as she does want to have a relationship with Priscilla, but at this point in time they are not close.”
The Source went on to say that Lisa Marie “did not have a healthy or close relationship” with Priscilla prior to her death, saying that things were “very complicated” between them. “Lisa Marie was struggling, and it definitely put a strain on her relationship with her mother,” the source revealed. “Lisa Marie always felt Priscilla was trying to have control over her.”
Riley Keough ‘Disappointed’ by Priscilla Presley’s Challenge to Lisa Marie’s Trust
The Source revealed that Lisa Marie “always meant for her children to inherit her Trust.” “Lisa always wanted Riley and Benjamin to be the beneficiaries of the trust and that was no secret,” the source stated that her “children meant the world to her, and she would do anything for them.” Benjamin died in July 2020 by suicide.
Following the death of Lisa Marie on January 12th, her representative had confirmed that Graceland, which is a former home of her father Elvis Presley, would go to her three daughters, 33-year-old Riley, and 14-year-old twins Finley and Harper.
It was revealed that Riley and Benjamin were named co-trustees of her Trust in 2016. However, Priscilla is now contesting the validity and authenticity of Riley’s appointment, claiming that “there are many issues surrounding it.”
Joel Weinshanker, a managing partner at Elvis Presley enterprises, decided to speak out in favor of Riley maintaining her trusty role in the wake of her mother’s death. “When Elvis passed away, he left everything to his little girl. He did so knowing that she would be the one to keep his legacy going,” he said on SiriusXM’s Elvis Radio. “I can tell you that [Lisa Marie] has, without falter, no matter what else was happening in her life, in her career, always been the one to look at what was best for Elvis… regardless of what somebody else was trying to do, regardless of what another family member [was trying to] do.”
“We just want to think about what Lisa would’ve wanted and that’s what’s best for Elvis. She never had a doubt in her mind that that’s Riley,” Joel stated. “There’s no question on anyone’s mind [because] Lisa had spoken [about] it, there’s numerous amounts of written information, she had talked to so many of her friends about it. There was never a question, and anybody who’s speaking differently isn’t looking out for Elvis, isn’t looking out for Lisa, certainly isn’t looking out for Riley.”