Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough is taking legal action against a company that announced a public auction for Presley's famed estate – claiming the documents the company used to justify the sale are forgeries.
Keough, now the owner of 13.8-acre estate Graceland, presented a 61-page lawsuit last week against Naussany Investments & Private Lending over the attempted public auction of the historic property, which houses some of her family members buried.
Elvis Presley on the grounds of his Graceland estate in 1957. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The file details that eight months after Keough's mother, Lisa Marie Presley, passed away in January 2023, Naussany came forward with documents claiming that Lisa Marie had borrowed $3.8 million from them in 2018 and used Graceland as collateral.
“These documents are forgeries,” Keough claims in the filing.
Riley Keough. Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Keough noted that one of the documents used language that took effect two years after Presley supposedly signed it.
The notary listed on the document also confirmed that she had not notarized the document or ever met with Presley, according to the filing.
Keough further claims that “on information and belief,” Naussany is not a real company, but “appears to be a fictitious entity.”
Kurt Naussany, named in the filing as the person acting on behalf of the company, said NBC News on Tuesday that he left the firm in 2015 and should not be named in the legal document. According to Keough's filing, someone named Kurt Naussany sent her legal counsel multiple emails demanding she collect the alleged $3.8 million debt or risk selling Graceland.
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The company has posted multiple public notices of the foreclosure sale this month and set the auction for Thursday morning in front of the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis.
After Keough's request for a temporary restraining order, a Memphis judge froze scheduled auction. A hearing is set for Wednesday.