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Priscilla Presley Describes ‘Extensive’ Scheme Behind Alleged Elder Abuse

Priscilla Presley says she felt "completely isolated" during alleged elder abuse.

In a new sworn statement filed on Thursday in Los Angeles, the writer, actress, and ex-wife of Elvis Presley claims Florida-based memorabilia dealer Brigitte Kruse, investor Kevin Fialko, and Florida lawyer Lynn Walker Wright duped her into signing a stack of contracts in January 2023 that gave her only minority shares in several closely-held companies controlling her name, image, and likeness rights. Presley filed her elder abuse lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court in July after Kruse separately sued her for breach of contract in Florida last year. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Presley initially challenged a 2016 amendment to her daughter’s Promenade Trust that removed her as a co-trustee, but she quickly reached a generous settlement with granddaughter Riley Keough that granted her a $1 million lump-sum payment, $100,000 annual salary, and burial rights near Elvis at Graceland.

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