Elvis Presley’s heir Riley Keough takes steps to protect Graceland from sale | Elvis Presley

Actor Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter and heiress to his estate, has filed a lawsuit against a private investment firm, alleging it was attempting to “unjudicially” sell Presley’s Graceland home.

Keough’s mother, Lisa Marie Presley, died in January 2023, at the age of 54. In September of that year, a company called Naussany Investments & Private Lending filed a lawsuit against the estate of Lisa Marie, alleging that at the time of her death she had an unpaid amount of $3.8 million ($3 million of pounds sterling). ) loan owed to the company and had used Graceland as collateral.

On May 15, Keough filed a lawsuit in a Tennessee court, claiming that Naussany’s claims were “fraudulent.” Lisa Marie Presley never borrowed money from Naussany Investments and never gave a deed of trust to Naussany Investments.” The complaint also claims that documents “purporting to prove such a loan…are forgeries.”

Keough’s documents name Kurt Naussany as a defendant, claiming “he sent numerous emails to Keough’s attorney seeking to collect on the alleged $3.8 million debt and threatening a non-judicial sale of Graceland “. Naussany told NBC News that he left the firm in 2015 and is not expected to be named in the lawsuit.

On May 19, a public notice was placed in local media stating that Graceland would be sold at auction at the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis on May 23.

A judge filed a temporary restraining order on May 20, according to a Keough attorney. A hearing will take place the day before the proposed sale.

Situated on 14 acres of land, Graceland was purchased by Elvis Presley in 1957 and he lived there until his death at his home in 1977. The lavish home has since become a key part of the Presley legend and functions as a museum which attracts around 600,000 people. visitors per year.

In addition to leading the Promenade Trust that manages the Graceland estate, Keough is a successful actress who received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations in 2023 for her starring role in Daisy Jones & the Six. She has also appeared in films like Mad Max: Fury Road, American Honey, Under the Silver Lake and Zola.