As awards season accolades proceed to pour in for the glitzy, surrealistic Elvis biopic, there’s no denying the all-too-true, tragic life and dying of his little lady.
A bombshell documentary — TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy (which aired this week within the US) — sheds new gentle on the celebrity scion’s demise, with accusations of drug abuse, references to scarily fast weight reduction and mysterious insurance coverage insurance policies and claims of “fraud” and a “money grab.”
Elvis Presley’s solely youngster died of cardiac arrest at age 54 on January 12. She is survived by her mom, Priscilla Presley, 77, her grownup daughter, actress Riley Keough, 33, and twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, 14. (She additionally had son Benjamin, who died by suicide in 2020 at age 27.)
Two of Presley’s 4 ex-husbands, Danny Keough, 61, and Michael Lockwood, 58, had been additionally nonetheless within the late singer’s life.
A bitter feud is allegedly brewing between the 2 males — who reportedly can’t stand one another — over the custody of Presley’s twins, based on the outlet. Meanwhile, a supply informed the brand new documentary that Presley additionally had a strained relationship along with her mum, which might quickly come to the fore in a authorized combat.
“There was a lot of bad blood between them,” TMZ producer Jacob Wasserman says. “Yes, they were with each other at the Golden Globes [days before Presley’s death], but some family members told us they were absolutely shocked to see them sitting at the same table.”
Here’s what’s revealed within the stunning particular.
Bad blood’ between Presley’s ex-husbands
According to the documentary, there’s a household combat brewing over the late singer’s custody of her two teen children. In an unique clip from the doc, TMZ boss Harvey Levin says Lockwood will “almost certainly” get full custody of twins Harper and Finley.
However, Keough (the daddy of her first two children) was residing with the household on the time of her dying and was additionally near the ladies.
Presley was married to Keough from 1988 to 1994, and to Lockwood from 2006 to 2021.
“Riley desperately wants to maintain a relationship with her sisters,” a TMZ reporter stated. “Of course, Priscilla wants to see her granddaughters. Danny absolutely wants to stay in touch with the kids … but, there is a lot of bad blood between Danny and Michael.”
Rumours of opioids, fast 50-pound weight reduction
The documentary dives into Presley’s well-documented struggles with medication and alcohol.
When Presley attended the Golden Globes simply two days earlier than her dying, she was visibly frail.
Dr. Drew Pinsky, an habit specialist who seems within the documentary, explains onscreen: “She was slurring her speech [at the awards show], she had drooping eyelids, she was unsteady on her feet … that’s not normal for a woman who is otherwise healthy at her age.
“The behaviour at the Golden Globes was consistent with somebody on a lot of substance.”
“We have information that may explain why her heart suddenly stopped beating,” stated TMZ producer Charles Latibeaudiere. “Lisa had lost 40 to 50 pounds (or 18 to 22kg) in just six weeks … We’re also told she was back on opioids.” Presley allegedly wished to look her finest for awards season, to symbolize the Oscar-nominated biopic of her father, Elvis.
“The fact that she gets up and goes to the Golden Globes … good for her,” Pinsky says within the doc. “I wish that somebody had raised the alarm, though, based on how she was looking.”
Priscilla enters the authorized fray: ‘Strained relationship’
Lisa Marie Presley reportedly had a fraught relationship along with her mom, Priscilla, going all the best way again to her teen years.
At that point, Priscilla was concerned with the Church of Scientology. Former Scientologist Karen De La Carriere informed the documentarians that she remembers strained emotions between the pair.
“Lisa with a long face, miserable … stepped out of the limousine, and I heard Priscilla say, ‘Handle her!’” De La Carriere recalled.
The pair placed on a unified show on the Golden Globes simply days earlier than Presley’s passing, and Priscilla spoke lovingly of her solely youngster at Lisa Marie’s memorial — however one supply says it was all for present.
Priscilla is now contesting her daughter’s will, one thing one supply informed Page Six is solely “a money grab.”
“She had no relationship with Priscilla, Michael Lockwood or her half-brother [Navarone Garibaldi],” she acknowledged.
As beforehand reported, Priscilla is difficult an modification in her late daughter’s belief, claiming fraud.
Money thriller: Life insurance coverage insurance policies, household combat on the horizon
According to blockbuster docs first launched by the web site The Blast, Presley was “debt-ridden,” having squandered the $US100 million she inherited from her father. But the brand new doc alleges she took out as much as three life insurance coverage insurance policies earlier than her dying. As a end result, she reportedly left $US35 million to be cut up between her three children — the twins and Riley Keough.
“Lisa was never disciplined about money,” stated doc producer Katie Hayes. “She was a big spender, and she made some bad investments. She basically blew through $US100 million in 25 years.”
Latibeaudiere added: “We’ve learned that at the time of Lisa’s death, she was $4 million in debt, including $US2.5 million still owed to the IRS … But we found out that on the day she died, Lisa’s estate was suddenly flushed with cash.”
Elvis Presley’s well-known Graceland property will even reportedly be cut up amongst Riley Keough and her youthful half-sisters.
Meanwhile, the particular can be set to cowl different massive life occasions similar to Presley’s marriage to Michael Jackson.
This story initially appeared on Page Six and is republished right here with permission
Source: www.news.com.au
