Amended suit targets Priscilla Presley over Lisa Marie's death

Priscilla Presley is facing a sweeping amended lawsuit in Los Angeles that accuses her of prematurely withdrawing life support from her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, and of exerting financial pressure that contributed to Elvis Presley's death. The complaint, filed Sept. 5 by former business partners Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko, also advances claims of breach of contract, elder abuse and misappropriation of funds tied to decades of disputes over the Presley estate and related business ventures.

The amended filing attaches two pages the plaintiffs say are excerpts from a forthcoming memoir by Priscilla Presley that recount Lisa Marie's final hours. The pages, described in the court exhibits as written by Priscilla, depict a San Fernando Valley hospital scene in which doctors revived Lisa Marie's heart only to warn that continued life support would leave her with no quality of life. The memoir excerpts, identified by the plaintiffs as evidence, quote Priscilla as asking physicians to remove machines and describing a collapse and blackout that followed. Lisa Marie Presley died on Jan. 12, 2023, at age 54 after suffering complications tied to a small bowel obstruction and...