She was the mediator. Prior to Lisa Marie Presley‘s death, Riley Keough served as the go-between for her mom and grandma Priscilla Presley.“Riley knew there was contention with her mom and grandmother and has always tried to be a bridge between them,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “She’s still doing this even after her mother’s death, but still honoring her mother’s wishes.”Lisa Marie — the only child of Priscilla, 77, and late ex-husband Elvis Presley — died at the age of 54 in January.
The “Lights Out” songstress, who suffered cardiac arrest prior to her passing, is survived by her mother, Riley, 33, who she shared with ex-husband Danny Keough, and 14-year-old twins Harper and Finley, whose father is Michael Lockwood.The source adds, “Riley knew she would be the trustee for her mother, so that was no shock.
She’s been communicating with her dad and sisters.”Priscilla, however, has contested the will that made the Mad Max: Fury Road star the trustee.In January, the Dallas alum filed documents in the Los Angeles Superior Court that contest a previously added 2016 amendment featured an invalid signature.
The filing, obtained by Us, alleged that Priscilla and the late singer’s former business manager Barry Siegel were named as co-trustees before a late addition removed their names in favor of her children Riley and Benjamin Keough.
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