{"id":7709,"date":"2025-09-07T10:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/advisors-blame-her-for-elvis-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T10:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:11:10","slug":"advisors-blame-her-for-elvis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/advisors-blame-her-for-elvis-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisors Blame Her for Elvis’ Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tP<\/span>riscilla Presley\u2019s former business partners have added provocative new claims about the late Elvis Presley to their lawsuit, including allegations that she was responsible for \u201cpushing him to his death.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an updated version of a lawsuit that has already claimed Priscilla \u201cpulled the plug\u201d on her own daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, lawyers for Brigitte Kruse<\/strong> and Kevin Fialko<\/strong> called Priscilla a \u201ccalculated sociopath\u201d who has \u201cexploited the Presley name.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn the most eyebrow-raising claim, the amended lawsuit accuses Priscilla of \u201cextorting millions of dollars from Elvis\u201d during and after their 1972 divorce, including by placing a lien on Graceland \u2014 a campaign of \u201cpressure\u201d that Kruse and Fialko claim contributed to the legendary rocker\u2019s 1977 death.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPriscilla\u2019s first victim was Elvis,\u201d reads the updated complaint, filed Wednesday (Sept. 3) and obtained by Billboard<\/em>. \u201cPriscilla exerted undue pressure on Elvis, pushing him to his death.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a response statement to Billboard on Friday (Sept. 5), Priscilla\u2019s attorney, Marty Singer<\/strong>, said the new allegations about Elvis were \u201cabsurd and despicable, but unfortunately, are not surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPriscilla did not have anything to do with the assassination of JFK, she did not cover up Area 51, she did not fake the moon landing, and she is not secretly keeping Bigfoot locked in a cabin in Canada,\u201d Singer said. \u201cTake off the aluminum foil hat and face reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new allegations mark the latest escalation in a two-year legal battle for Priscilla and her ex-partners that has grown increasingly acrimonious as it has dragged on.<\/p>\n

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\n\tKruse first sued in October 2023, claiming Priscilla had abruptly cut off ties after the advisor worked \u201ctirelessly\u201d to help the nearly-insolvent star \u201cdig herself out of impending financial ruin.\u201d Priscilla fired back in 2024, accusing Kruse, Fialko and two other advisors of elder abuse, claiming they fraudulently took over her life and then stole her money.<\/p>\n

\n\tThen last month, Kruse and Fialko went nuclear. In a countersuit, they claimed Presley \u201cignored\u201d warning signs just before Lisa Marie suffered cardiac arrest in January 2023 and then removed her from life support against her wishes. They claimed she did it so fast that Lisa Marie\u2019s daughter, Riley Keough, was unable to get to the hospital before her mother died.<\/p>\n

\n\tPresley\u2019s lawyers sharply denied those allegations at the time, calling them a \u201cdisgusting publicity stunt\u201d and \u201cmalicious character assassination.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new amended lawsuit this week also included an alleged email from Keough to Presley, purportedly sent amid the legal battle that erupted between the two<\/a> in the wake of Lisa Marie\u2019s death. In it, Keough said it was \u201creally hurtful\u201d that her grandmother had taken her to court, and sharply criticized her actions surrounding the estate.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI must also share with you that I found being called about the will, less than 24 hours after my mother passed and getting emails from lawyers before my mother was even buried incredibly heartbreaking,\u201d Keough allegedly wrote in the email. \u201cIt was very upsetting that I was forced to find a lawyer to represent me and my sisters and my mother\u2019s wishes within days of her passing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Keough did not immediately return a request for comment on Friday. In his statement, Singer characterized the new allegations as an effort to distract from Presley\u2019s original accusations against Kruse and others.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis lawsuit concerns Ms. Presley\u2019s claims against Ms. Kruse (and her co-conspirators) in which she alleges that Ms. Kruse engaged in a relentless and calculated campaign of elder abuse and fraud in order to take control of Ms. Presley\u2019s finances for her own benefit,\u201d he said. \u201cMs. Presley looks forward to holding Ms. Kruse and her co-conspirators liable for their wrongful acts.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n


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